What's New In The Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis?

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Identifier 20080310_nanos_strokesympos_07.pdf
Title What's New In The Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis?
Creator Fiona Costello, MD, Associate Professor, University of Calgary
Subject Giant Cell Arteritis (Temporal Arteritis); Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate; C-reactive Protein; Temporal Artery Biopsy; Duplex Ultrasonography; Position Emission Tomography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Description Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammatory granulomatous vasculitis that affects large and medium sized arteries [1-3]. GCA typically affects the aortic arch and its branches, but almost any vessel may be involved including the extra-cranial vertebral, superficial temporal, posterior ciliary and ophthalmic arteries [1, 2, 4].
Date 2008-03-10
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation application/pdf
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Source 2008 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2008: Stroke Symposium
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s62g0tv3
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Contributor Secondary Valerie Biousse, MD; David E. Newman-Toker, MD, PhD
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 180787
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62g0tv3
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