Ocular involvement in giant cell arteritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL.75, 2013, Pages

  Figus, M ^a   Talarico, R ^a   Posarelli, C ^a   D'Ascanio, A ^a   Elefante, E ^a   Bombardieri, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE DISEASE; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL ARTERY; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS;

EID: 84878391172     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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