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  • Title: Giant cell arteritis and blindness.
    Author: Sochocky S.
    Journal: Am Fam Physician; 1977 Sep; 16(3):120-1. PubMed ID: 899999.
    Abstract:
    The etiology of giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis, cranial arteritis) is still obscure. Polymyalgia rheumatica is probably a stage of the same disease. It causes systemic and localized symptoms, usually in patients older than 55 years, and is not uncommon as a cause of loss of vision. The sedimentation rate is unusually high. The diagnosis is defintively established by biopsy. The response to steroid therapy is dramatic.
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