Survival of patient with giant cell arteritis: Impact of vision loss and treatment with aspirin

Autoimmun Rev. 2019 Aug;18(8):831-834. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2019.06.003. Epub 2019 Jun 6.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine A and the Rheumatology Unit, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; The Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. Electronic address: nesher@inter.net.il.
² The Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
³ The Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel; Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Meir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba, Israel.
⁵ Mashav Applied Research, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine C, Wolfson Medical Center and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
⁷ Department of Internal Medicine A and the Rheumatology Unit, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; The Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.

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Keywords: Aspirin; Giant cell arteritis; Mortality; Survival; Vision loss.

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