| Identifier |
20120214_nanos_posters_117 |
| Title |
Development of Clinical Markers to Avoid Unnecessary Temporal Artery Biopsy in Giant Cell Arteritis |
| Creator |
Katherine Fallano; Srilakshmi Sharma; Sarah Kwan; Prem Subramanian |
| Affiliation |
(KF) (SS) (PS) Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; (SK) Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland |
| Subject |
Giant Cell Arteritis; Temporal Artery Biopsy; Negative Biopsy |
| Description |
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a medium-to-large vessel vasculitis that, untreated, can cause blindness, myocardial infarction, and cerebral ischemia. Presentation may be highly nonspecific, resulting in potentially morbid treatment with steroids and temporal artery biopsy (TAB). |
| Date |
2012-02-14 |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
2012 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting |
| Relation is Part of |
NANOS 2012: Poster Presentations |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/ |
| Publisher |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2012. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6kq17p8 |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_nam |
| ID |
181913 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kq17p8 |
