| Epidemiology of giant-cell arteritis in an Arab population: a 22-year study. | |
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PMID: 17229803 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To study the epidemiology of biopsy-proven giant-cell arteritis (GCA) in an Arab population with clinical features suggestive of GCA. METHODS: Clinical records of 102 patients who underwent temporal artery biopsy (TAB) at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from January 1983 to December 2004 were reviewed. RESULTS: Among the 56 men and 46 women who had TAB, 7 (6.8%) had biopsy-proven GCA. The mean (SD) age of the biopsy-positive group (71.7 (8.6) years) was higher than in the biopsy-negative group (65 (9.8) years; p = 0.005). None of the untreated patients with a negative TAB developed additional symptoms that are typical of GCA. CONCLUSION: The small absolute number of biopsy-proven cases of GCA implies a relatively low incidence of GCA in Arab population, confirming previous observations that GCA occurs primarily in the Caucasian population. |
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Authors:
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Imtiaz A Chaudhry; Farrukh A Shamsi; Elsanusi Elzaridi; Yonca O Arat; Thomas M Bosley; Fenwick C Riley |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2007-01-17 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The British journal of ophthalmology Volume: 91 ISSN: 0007-1161 ISO Abbreviation: Br J Ophthalmol Publication Date: 2007 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-05-18 Completed Date: 2007-07-23 Revised Date: 2010-09-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0421041 Medline TA: Br J Ophthalmol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 715-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Oculoplastic and Orbit Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, PO Box 7191, Riyadh 11462, Saudi Arabia. orbitdr@hotmail.com |
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Aged Arabs / statistics & numerical data* Biopsy Female Giant Cell Arteritis / complications, drug therapy, ethnology*, pathology Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use Humans Male Middle Aged Saudi Arabia / epidemiology Temporal Arteries / pathology Vision Disorders / etiology Visual Acuity |
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0/Glucocorticoids |
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Br J Ophthalmol. 2007 Jun;91(6):705-6
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17510472
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