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2014, Number 613

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Rev Med Cos Cen 2014; 71 (613)

Arteritis de células gigantes

Morales MRÁ

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 773-776
PDF size: 393.45 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Giant cells arteritis is a vasculitis which etiology is unknown, affect people older than 50 years, some features are headache, constitutional symptoms and loss of vision. The diagnosis includes medical history, physical examination, laboratories such as erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein and the confirmation is made with a biopsy. Once the diagnosis has been made the treatment with high corticosteroids doses must be initiated to prevent consequences like blindness.


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