Giant Cell Arteritis - 16/02/13

Doi : 10.1016/j.mcna.2012.12.006

Corey W. Waldman, MD ^a, Steven D. Waldman, MD, JD ^b,^⁎ , Reid A. Waldman ^b
^a Krieger Eye Institute At Sinai, 2411 West Belvedere Avenue, Baltimore, USA
^b School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2411 Holmes, Kansas City, Missouri, MO 64108, USA

Corresponding author.

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Giant cell arteritis is one of the most serious medical emergencies encountered in the practice of ophthalmology because it may result in loss of vision in one or both eyes. This vision loss is preventable if patients are diagnosed early and treated immediately with high doses of corticosteroids.

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Keywords : Giant cell, Arteritis, Artery, Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

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The clinical syndrome

Relationship between PMR and GCA

Large portions of this text were originally published in Hazleman B. Giant Cell Arteritis. In: Waldman SD, editor. Pain Management. 2nd Edition. Chapter 52: Elsevier; 2011. p. 476–81.

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Vol 97 - N° 2

P. 329-335 - marzo 2013 Ritorno al numero

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