2017
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-017-1347-9
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Association between giant cell arteritis and thyroid dysfunction in a “real life” population

Abstract: Giant cell arteritis patients have a higher proportion of hypothyroidism in comparison with matched controls. Physicians treating giant cell arteritis patients should consider screening for thyroid dysfunction on a regular basis.

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“…The main limitation is that the diagnoses of both GCA and pericarditis were not based on standardized diagnostic criteria, but rather on diagnostic labels drawn from CHS physician reports. However, previous studies have supported the high validity of the diagnoses in this database . In this study, past diagnosis of pericarditis represented either acute pericarditis or chronic pericarditis, or pleural effusion (or a combination), which may arise from different etiologies.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 50%
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“…The main limitation is that the diagnoses of both GCA and pericarditis were not based on standardized diagnostic criteria, but rather on diagnostic labels drawn from CHS physician reports. However, previous studies have supported the high validity of the diagnoses in this database . In this study, past diagnosis of pericarditis represented either acute pericarditis or chronic pericarditis, or pleural effusion (or a combination), which may arise from different etiologies.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 50%
“…Although PMR is closely related to GCA, it was not included in this study due to the low documentation rate of this comorbidity alongside GCA in the CHS database. In a previous study we discussed this discrepancy, which is due to registration and documentation habits in real life, rather than lower‐than‐expected rates of PMR …”
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confidence: 98%
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“…En los pacientes con ACG, las masas solo se localizaron en mama u ovario 48 . Se han reportado asociaciones de ACG con tiroideopatía, con enfermedad coronaria (la cual es una de las causas de mortalidad en estos pacientes además de las infecciones), con enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal y con cáncer, entre otras [54][55][56][57][58][59][60] .…”
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