Temporal artery biopsy is not required in all cases of suspected giant cell arteritis

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 649-654

  Quinn, Edel Marie ^a   Kearney, David E ^a   Kelly, Justin ^a   Keohane, Catherine ^a   Redmond, Henry Paul ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY SCORE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CLAUDICATION; DIPLOPIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STEROID THERAPY; TEMPORAL ARTERY BIOPSY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84861796116     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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