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 databas...

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Vydáno v:PLoS One
Hlavní autoři: Kaltsonoudis, Evripidis, Pelechas, Eleftherios, Papoudou-Bai, Alexandra, Markatseli, Theodora E., Elisaf, Moses, Voulgari, Paraskevi V., Drosos, Alexandros A.
Médium: Artigo
Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: Public Library of Science 2019
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On-line přístup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6440612/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30925156
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210845
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