[Characteristics of giant cell arteritis patients under and over 75-years-old: A comparative study on 164 patients].
CONCLUSION: Patients≥75 years at diagnosis of GCA were at lower risk of aortitis but were more likely to suffer from ophthalmic complications and to receive corticosteroid pulse therapy.
PMID: 30573331 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Revue de Medecine Interne - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Rev Med Interne Source Type: research
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