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Advances in the Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common vasculitis among elderly people. The clinical spectrum of the disease is heterogeneous, with a classic/cranial phenotype, and another extracranial or large vessel phenotype as the two more characteristic ...
S. Castañeda+7 more
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SHOULD GIANTCELL ARTERITIS SIGNS BE DETECTED IN PATIENTS WITH HERPES ZOSTER?
Objective: This study aims to determine the clinical, laboratory, and ultrasonographic findings of giant cell arteritis in patients with Herpes Zoster.
Kulakli Fazil+5 more
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Giant cell arteritis: Its ophthalmic manifestations
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most important medical emergency in ophthalmology, because its most dreaded complication is visual loss, which is preventable if these patients are diagnosed early and treated immediately and aggressively.
S. Hayreh
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The Immunopathology of Giant Cell Arteritis Across Disease Spectra
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a granulomatous systemic vasculitis of large- and medium-sized arteries that affects the elderly. In recent years, advances in diagnostic imaging have revealed a greater degree of large vessel involvement than previously ...
M. Robinette, D. A. Rao, P. Monach
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Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Giant Cell Arteritis
Autoimmune diseases can afflict every organ system, including blood vessels that are critically important for host survival. The most frequent autoimmune vasculitis is giant cell arteritis (GCA), which causes aggressive wall inflammation in medium and ...
M. Akiyama+5 more
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Clinical Features of Aortitis with Gastrointestinal Involvement
Few vascultides have a predilection for the aorta. Among those are Takayasu arteritis, Behcet’s disease, giant cell arteritis, and infectious aortitis.
Mansour Altuwaijri, Abdulmajeed Altoijry
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Relapse of polymyalgia rheumatica following adjuvanted influenza vaccine: A case-based review [PDF]
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is the most common inflammatory rheumatological condition affecting individuals aged >50 years. There have been rare reports of PMR and other vasculitides developing within 3 months of influenza vaccination.
Bassendine, Margaret F., Bridge, Simon
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Macrophages mediate inflammation, angiogenesis, and tissue destruction in giant cell arteritis (GCA). Serum levels of the macrophage‐associated protein YKL‐40 (chitinase 3–like protein 1), previously linked to angiogenesis and tissue remodeling, remain ...
Y. van Sleen+8 more
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Giant cell arteritis is a granulomatous vasculitis of large and medium sized arteries manifesting as temporal arteritis and/or polymyalgia rheumatica.
Salem Alowami+3 more
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Pathogenesis of polymyalgia rheumatica [PDF]
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a chronic, inflammatory disorder of unknown cause, almost exclusively occurring in people aged over 50 and often associated with giant cell arteritis.
Ciccia F.+4 more
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