A typical case of giant cell arteritis with vision loss due to delayed diagnosis

A 75‐year‐old woman lost vision because of delayed recognition of GCA. Early diagnosis and treatment of GCA are important for preventing visual complications. Physicians must remember to evaluate the entire body, not just a single organ/system.[Image: see text]

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Autores principales: Watanabe, Ami, Isono, Hiroki, Shimada, Kaoru, Chino, Yusuke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Images in Clinical Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6030035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29998045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.173
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author Watanabe, Ami
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spelling pubmed-60300352018-07-11 A typical case of giant cell arteritis with vision loss due to delayed diagnosis Watanabe, Ami Isono, Hiroki Shimada, Kaoru Chino, Yusuke J Gen Fam Med Images in Clinical Medicine A 75‐year‐old woman lost vision because of delayed recognition of GCA. Early diagnosis and treatment of GCA are important for preventing visual complications. Physicians must remember to evaluate the entire body, not just a single organ/system.[Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6030035/ /pubmed/29998045 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.173 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Journal of General and Family Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Primary Care Association. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Watanabe, Ami
Isono, Hiroki
Shimada, Kaoru
Chino, Yusuke
A typical case of giant cell arteritis with vision loss due to delayed diagnosis
title A typical case of giant cell arteritis with vision loss due to delayed diagnosis
title_full A typical case of giant cell arteritis with vision loss due to delayed diagnosis
title_fullStr A typical case of giant cell arteritis with vision loss due to delayed diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed A typical case of giant cell arteritis with vision loss due to delayed diagnosis
title_short A typical case of giant cell arteritis with vision loss due to delayed diagnosis
title_sort typical case of giant cell arteritis with vision loss due to delayed diagnosis
topic Images in Clinical Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6030035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29998045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.173
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