Abstract:BackgroundLong-term longitudinal studies on giant cell arteritis (GCA) hospitalizations are limited. Here we aim to fill gaps in knowledge by analyzing longitudinal trends of GCA hospitalizations over the last two decades in the United States (U.S.).
Materials and methodsWe performed a 21-year longitudinal trend analysis of GCA hospitalizations using data obtained from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database between 1998 and 2018. Using the NIS database, we searched for hospitalizations for patients aged … Show more
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