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A 78-year-old female with severe tongue pain: benefit of modern ultrasound

BACKGROUND: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of systemic vasculitis in persons aged 50 years and older. Medium and large vessels, like the temporal and axillary arteries, are commonly affected. Typical symptoms are headache, scalp tenderness, jaw claudication and ophthalmological s...

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Autores principales: Burg, Lara Clarissa, Schmidt, Wolfgang Andreas, Brossart, Peter, Reinking, Katharina Isabell, Schützeichel, Franziskus Maria, Finger, Robert Patrick, Schäfer, Valentin Sebastian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7981810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33743613
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12880-021-00585-5