Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report
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WE DESCRIBE AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF A COMMON DISEASE: stroke presenting in a man recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica. Initial inflammatory markers were misleading. We discuss pitfalls in diagnosis, and approach to management.
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دوره 2010 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2010