Small-vessel vasculitis surrounding an uninflamed temporal artery and isolated vasa vasorum vasculitis of the temporal artery: Two subsets of giant cell arteritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 549-556

  Restuccia, Giovanna ^a   Cavazza, Alberto ^a   Boiardi, Luigi ^a   Pipitone, Nicolã ^a   MacChioni, Pierluigi ^a   Bajocchi, Gianluigi ^a   Catanoso, Maria Grazia ^a   Muratore, Francesco ^a   Ghinoi, Alessandra ^a   Magnani, Luca ^a   Cimino, Luca ^a   Salvarani, Carlo ^a  

^a Servizio di Reumatologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL VESSEL VASCULITIS; SYNOVITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERY; VASA VASORUM; VASA VASORUM VASCULITIS; VASCULITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 84856387545     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.33362     Document Type: Article

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