title: Giant cell arteritis: diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: Giant cell arteritis is the most common primary systemic vasculitis in adults. The condition is granulomatous arteritis of large and medium vessels, which occurs almost exclusively in patients aged 50 years or more. This article reviews the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Ciudad de Coria, Coria, Cáceres, España. Electronic address: jm.calvo@orangemail.es.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Calvo Romero
keywords: Arteritis de células gigantes; Biopsia de arteria temporal; Giant cell arteritis; Temporal artery biopsy; Vasculitis