Platelet activation, as measured by plasma soluble glycoprotein VI, is not associated with disease activity or ischaemic events in giant cell arteritis

Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Nov;77(11):1695-1697. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213487. Epub 2018 May 5.

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, Dublin, Ireland.
² CARD Newman Research Fellow, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
³ Clinical Research Centre, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, Dublin, Ireland.
⁴ Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
⁵ Cardiovascular Biology and Clinical Research Centre, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.

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Keywords: cardiovascular disease; giant cell arteritis; systemic vasculitis.

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