Venous Thromboembolism and Cerebrovascular Events in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study.

To investigate the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and cerebrovascular events in a community-based incidence cohort of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) compared to the general population.A population-based inception cohort of patients with incident GCA between January 1, 1950 and D...

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Main Authors: Alberto Lo Gullo, Matthew J Koster, Cynthia S Crowson, Ashima Makol, Steven R Ytterberg, Antonino Saitta, Carlo Salvarani, Eric L Matteson, Kenneth J Warrington
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4763510?pdf=render