Utility of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and C-Reactive Protein for the Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 866-871

  Kermani, Tanaz A ^a   Schmidt, Jean ^b   Crowson, Cynthia S ^a   Ytterberg, Steven R ^a   Hunder, Gene G ^a   Matteson, Eric L ^a   Warrington, Kenneth J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Giant cell arteritis; Polymyalgia rheumatica; Temporal artery biopsy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL ARTERY; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES;

EID: 84861221393     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: 1532866X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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