Duration of Steroid Therapy and Temporal Artery Biopsy Positivity in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study

J Rheumatol. 2023 Jul;50(7):965-966. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.220860. Epub 2023 Jan 15.

Authors

Katherine Majerovich¹, Mats Junek², Nader Khalidi³, Stephanie Garner²

Affiliations

¹ University College Dublin School of Medicine, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland; Katherine.majerovich@ucdconnect.ie.
² Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
³ Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare, and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 36642440
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.220860

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Giant Cell Arteritis* / drug therapy
Giant Cell Arteritis* / pathology
Humans
Retrospective Studies
Steroids / therapeutic use
Temporal Arteries / pathology

Substances

Steroids