Seasonal incidence of biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis: a 20-year retrospective study of the University of California Davis Medical System.

CONCLUSIONS: Our retrospective study is the first report of the seasonal incidence of biopsy-proven GCA in California. Our data suggest that increased age and summer months are risk factors for developing biopsy-proven GCA in our region. PMID: 30620274 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research