Giant cell arteritis in two Chinese patients.
Giant cell arteritis is virtually unknown in Orientals. We report two cases of histologically proven giant cell arteritis in two elderly Chinese men, one of whom presented with typical symptoms and the other with occult features of the disease.
Wing
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Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Kay
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RL
Lai
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male