Giant cell arteritis presenting as depressed mood and headache in an elderly patient

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 405-406

  Kumar, Bharat ^a   Toney, Dale E ^a   Alikhan, Mujahed ^a,b   Lohr, Kristine M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

case report; giant cell arteritis; psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885182262     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: 15367355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3182a701e8     Document Type: Article

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