Is vascular endothelial growth factor a useful biomarker in giant cell arteritis?

OBJECTIVES: To assess the performance of circulating vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels as a tool for diagnosing giant cell arteritis (GCA) in a cohort of patients referred for assessment of suspected GCA. METHODS: We selected 298 patients recruited to the multicentre study Temporal Ar...

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Autores principales: Goodfellow, Nicola, Morlet, Julien, Singh, Surjeet, Sabokbar, Afsie, Hutchings, Andrew, Sharma, Vanshika, Vaskova, Jana, Masters, Shauna, Zarei, Allahdad, Luqmani, Raashid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5372063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28405470
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2016-000353