Third nerve palsy as the initial manifestation of giant cell arteritis

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 243-245

  Thurtell, Matthew J ^a,b,c   Longmuir, Reid A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL ARTERY; VERY ELDERLY; FOLLOW UP; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; PUPIL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84906933634     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: 15365166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000116     Document Type: Article

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