Giant cells in temporal artery biopsies are associated with a reduced risk of large vessel involvement in patients with giant cell arteritis : a retrospective cohort study
Abstract:Background: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic disease with extensive vascular involvement. There is limited and conflicting information on the relation between patient characteristics at diagnosis and future disease phenotypes. We aimed to investigate predictors of time dependent large vessel involvement (LVI) in a population-based cohort of patients with GCA. Methods: GCA patients with positive temporal artery biopsies (TAB) between 1997and 2010 were identified through a regional pathology register. A … Show more
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