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How Does Previous Corticosteroid Treatment Affect the Biopsy Findings in Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis?
Ann Int Med 120:987-992, Achkar,A.A.,et al, 1994
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Article Abstract
Although these results do not prove that histologic features are unaffected by corticosteroids,they show that,in this large,consecutive sample,the positivity rates of temporal artery biopsy were similar in untreated and corticosteroid-treated patients.Temporal artery biopsy may show arteritis even after more than 14 days of corticosteroid therapy in the presence of clinical indications of active disease.
 
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