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Papers of the Week


2022 Dec


Ann Med


54


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A new prediction model for giant cell arteritis in patients with new onset headache and/or visual loss.

Authors

Moudrous W, Visser LH, Yilmaz T, H Wieringa M, Alleman T, Rovers J, Houben MPWA, Janssen PM, J B Janssen J, L Rensma P, J F Brekelmans G
Ann Med. 2022 Dec; 54(1):2770-2776.
PMID: 36269009.

Abstract

The gold standard for diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a temporal artery biopsy (TAB). We sought for a clinical useful model to predict when an invasive TAB is not necessary to confirm GCA.