Giant-Cell Arteritis

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis that affects medium- to large-size arteries in which an inflammatory reaction destroys the media of the artery wall with the fragmentation of the elastic lamina, which can result in acute vision loss if not treated in a timely manner. The other com...

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description Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis that affects medium- to large-size arteries in which an inflammatory reaction destroys the media of the artery wall with the fragmentation of the elastic lamina, which can result in acute vision loss if not treated in a timely manner. The other common visual symptoms may include diplopia due to cranial nerve palsies and transient visual loss. This book provides a comprehensive overview of GCA, with chapters on epidemiology, cellular and molecular characteristics of the disease, extra-cranial involvement of GCA, medical imaging, and much more.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-971752024-03-31T22:43:48Z Giant-Cell Arteritis Chaudhry, Imtiaz A. Clinical & internal medicine thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCM Immunology Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis that affects medium- to large-size arteries in which an inflammatory reaction destroys the media of the artery wall with the fragmentation of the elastic lamina, which can result in acute vision loss if not treated in a timely manner. The other common visual symptoms may include diplopia due to cranial nerve palsies and transient visual loss. This book provides a comprehensive overview of GCA, with chapters on epidemiology, cellular and molecular characteristics of the disease, extra-cranial involvement of GCA, medical imaging, and much more. 2023-02-15T14:46:08Z 2023-02-15T14:46:08Z 2022 book ONIX_20230215_9781839692093_214 9781839692093 9781839692086 9781839692109 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/97175 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books/10304 https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/10304/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/intechopen.91490 10.5772/intechopen.91490 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9781839692093 9781839692086 9781839692109 IntechOpen 126 open access
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Giant-Cell Arteritis
title Giant-Cell Arteritis
title_full Giant-Cell Arteritis
title_fullStr Giant-Cell Arteritis
title_full_unstemmed Giant-Cell Arteritis
title_short Giant-Cell Arteritis
title_sort giant cell arteritis
topic Clinical & internal medicine
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCM Immunology
topic_facet Clinical & internal medicine
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCM Immunology
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