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Disease Relapses among Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis: A Prospective, Longitudinal Cohort Study

Tanaz A Kermani1, Kenneth J Warrington1, David Cuthbertson1

  • 1From the Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Biostatistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA; Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Healthcare, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; The Vasculitis Center, Section of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA.T.A. Kermani, MD, MS, UCLA; K.J. Warrington, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; D. Cuthbertson, MS, Department of Biostatistics, University of South Florida; S. Carette, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital; G.S. Hoffman, MD, MS, Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic; N.A. Khalidi, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Healthcare, McMaster University; C.L. Koening, MD, MS, Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah; C.A. Langford, MD, MHS, Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic; K. Maksimowicz-McKinnon, DO, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh; C.A. McAlear, MA, The Vasculitis Center, Section of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; P.A. Monach, MD, PhD, The Vasculitis Center, Section of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine; P. Seo, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University

The Journal of Rheumatology
|April 17, 2015
PubMed
Abstract

Keywords:
COHORT STUDYDISEASE ACTIVITYGIANT CELL ARTERITISRELAPSES

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