The impact of temporal artery biopsy for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis in clinical practice in a tertiary university hospital.

The impact of temporal artery biopsy for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis in clinical practice in a tertiary university hospital.

BACKGROUND:Temporal artery biopsy (TAB) is useful in assisting with giant cell arteritis (GCA) diagnosis but lacks sensitivity. The aim of our study was to assess the diagnostic impact of TAB histology in patients with suspected GCA on hospital admission. METHODS:A prospectively maintained database...

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Main Authors: Evripidis Kaltsonoudis, Eleftherios Pelechas, Alexandra Papoudou-Bai, Theodora E Markatseli, Moses Elisaf, Paraskevi V Voulgari, Alexandros A Drosos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210845

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