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Correlations between histopathological findings and clinical manifestations in biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis.
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 May 2016
Muratore Francesco, Boiardi Luigi, Cavazza Alberto, Aldigeri Raffaella, Pipitone Nicolò, Restuccia Giovanna, Bellafiore Salvatore, Cimino Luca, Salvarani Carlo
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OBJECTIVE: To correlate histopathological features of positive temporal artery biopsy (TAB) and clinical manifestations of the disease in a large single-center population-based cohort of patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA). METHODS: A pathologist with expertise in vasculitis and blinded to clinical data and final diagnosis reviewed all TABs performed for suspected GCA at our hospital between...
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