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Stroke as an atypical initial presentation of giant cell arteritis

BACKGROUND: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an immune mediated inflammatory disease of medium and large arteries which afflicts older people. The classical presentation features include: headache, visual disturbances, and jaw claudication. Patients diagnosed with GCA have also been observed to be at h...

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Published in:BMC Geriatr
Main Authors: Kuganesan, Tharsika, Huang, Allen R.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5822601/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29466947
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0738-y
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