The relative risk of aortic aneurysm in patients with giant cell arteritis compared with the general population of the UK.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the risk of aortic aneurysm in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) compared with age-, gender- and location-matched controls. METHODS: A UK General Practice Research Database (GPRD) parallel cohort study of 6999 patients with GCA and 41 994 controls, matched on location,...
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स्वरूप: | Journal article |
भाषा: | English |
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2015
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