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Giant cell arteritis : a changing entity

Kesten, F. and Aschwanden, M. and Gubser, P. and Glatz, K. and Daikeler, T. and Hess, C.. (2011) Giant cell arteritis : a changing entity. Swiss Medical Weekly, Vol. 141 , w13272.

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Official URL: http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A6007518

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Abstract

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common of the vasculitis syndromes and, being a disease of the elderly, its incidence is increasing with the general ageing of the population. GCA is most feared for its early complications, namely blindness and stroke, resulting from inflammation and subsequent occlusion of ocular and extra cranial arteries, respectively. More recently, however, GCA has been recognised to also affect limb arteries and the aorta with a high prevalence. These newly recognised features of GCA pose diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic challenges to treating physicians. Here, recent developments in the field of GCA are summarised and discussed.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel > Immunobiology (Hess C)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Pathologie USB
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Pathologie USB
UniBasel Contributors:Hess, Christoph and Glatz-Krieger, Katharina
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Further Journal Contribution
Publisher:EMH
ISSN:1424-7860
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal item
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Last Modified:26 Apr 2013 07:02
Deposited On:26 Apr 2013 06:57

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