Diagnostic delay for giant cell arteritis – a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Diagnostic delay for giant cell arteritis – a systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND Giant cell arteritis (GCA), if untreated, can lead to blindness and stroke. The study's objectives were to (1) determine a new evidence-based benchmark of the extent of diagnostic delay for GCA and (2) examine the role of GCA-specific characteristics on diagnostic delay. METHODS Medical literature databases were searched from inception to November 2015. Articles were included if re...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1741-7015
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-017-0871-z