Giant cell arteritis exclusively detected by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography: a case report [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: This case of giant cell arteritis is noteworthy because it evaded standard diagnostic criteria and only emerged as fever of unknown origin.
Dominik Bettenworth+5 more
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Patterns of Arterial Disease in Takayasu Arteritis and Giant Cell Arteritis
To identify and validate, using computer‐driven methods, patterns of arterial disease in Takayasu arteritis (TAK) and giant cell arteritis (GCA).
K. Gribbons+24 more
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Specific microbiome profile in Takayasu’s arteritis and giant cell arteritis
Recent studies have provided evidence of a close link between specific microbiota and inflammatory disorders. While the vessel wall microbiota has been recently described in large vessel vasculitis (LVV) and controls, the blood microbiome in these ...
A. Desbois+4 more
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Giant cell arteritis associated with chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection
Giant cell arteritis is an inflammatory vasculopathy that preferentially affects medium-sized and large arteries. A viral cause has been suspected but not confirmed in polymyalgia rheumatica and giant-cell arteritis.
A. Giardina+5 more
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Stroke secondary to giant-cell arteritis: A literature review
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. In addition to the classical etiologies of stroke as atherosclerosis and cardioembolism there are many unusual, rare causes, which require a high level of clinical suspicion and further ...
Z. Bajko+7 more
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Paroxysmal hemicrania as the clinical presentation of giant cell arteritis
Head pain is the most common complaint in patients with giant cell arteritis but the headache has no distinct diagnostic features. There have been no published reports of giant cell arteritis presenting as a trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia.
Jennifer L. Beams, Todd D. Rozen
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Improvement of Treg immune response after treatment with tocilizumab in giant cell arteritis
To study the percentage, suppressive function and plasticity of Treg in giant cell arteritis (GCA), and the effects of glucocorticoids and tocilizumab.
M. Samson+27 more
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Glucocorticoids—All-Rounders Tackling the Versatile Players of the Immune System [PDF]
Glucocorticoids regulate fundamental processes of the human body and control cellular functions such as cell metabolism, growth, differentiation, and apoptosis.
Agarwal+268 more
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Takayasu's arteritis in an adult female from Cameroon: diagnosis via Doppler echocardiography [PDF]
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Aminde, Leopold N+4 more
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Alternating Transient Monocular Vision Loss Due to Giant Cell Arteritis
Giant cell arteritis is a systemic granulomatous vasculitis commonly involving the temporal artery and associated with visual deficits. The most common ocular presentation of giant cell arteritis involves anterior ischemic ocular neuropathy with sudden ...
Benjamin J. McCormick+4 more
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