Temporal arteritis: a clinical approach.
OBJECTIVE
To develop a clinical guide to the evaluation of temporal arteritis.


METHODS
A Medline English-language search of the literature from 1966 to 1998, including more than 300 articles about temporal arteritis, was performed to develop a guide to the evaluation of temporal arteritis.


RESULTS
A user-friendly guide to the evaluation of temporal arteritis was developed based on the following criteria: (1) clinical suspicion, (2) laboratory testing, and (3) temporal artery biopsy.


CONCLUSIONS
A clinical guide to the evaluation of temporal arteritis may assist clinicians in the care of patients with this condition.
Lee
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Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Brazis
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006261:Headache / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018917:Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic / Q000503:physiopathology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity