Lower extremity vasculitis in giant cell arteritis: Important differential diagnosis in patients with lower limb claudication

Volume: 43, Issue: 5, Pages: 326 - 336
Published: Sep 1, 2014
Abstract
Most patients with peripheral arterial disease suffer from arteriosclerosis, the prevalence of which increases with age. In some of these patients, however, the ischemic symptoms are not caused by stenotic arteriosclerosis, but by large vessel giant cell arteritis (LV-GCA), a disease also predominantly affecting patients of the older generation. Identifying large vessel vasculitis is a challenge for all physicians caring for patients with...
Paper Details
Title
Lower extremity vasculitis in giant cell arteritis: Important differential diagnosis in patients with lower limb claudication
Published Date
Sep 1, 2014
Journal
Volume
43
Issue
5
Pages
326 - 336
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