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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / The impact of temporal artery biopsy for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis in clinical practice in a tertiary university hospital.

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2019


PLoS One


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30925156?dopt=Abstract


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

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The impact of temporal artery biopsy for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis in clinical practice in a tertiary university hospital.
Kaltsonoudis E, Pelechas E, Papoudou-Bai A, Markatseli TE, Elisaf M, Voulgari PV, Drosos AA
PLoS One. 2019; 14(3):e0210845.
PMID: 30925156.

Abstract

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.
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