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. 1984 Jun;43(3):416-7.
doi: 10.1136/ard.43.3.416.

Temporal artery biopsy and corticosteroid treatment

M C Allison, P J Gallagher

Temporal artery biopsy and corticosteroid treatment

M C Allison et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 1984 Jun.

Abstract

Eighty-four of 132 patients with clinically genuine cranial arteritis had histological evidence of inflammation at temporal artery biopsy. The highest incidence of a positive result (82%) was in patients biopsied before corticosteroid therapy. The figure fell to 60% if corticosteroids had been given for less than a week before biopsy and 10% thereafter.

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