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Temporal Arteritis

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Contemporary Internal Medicine

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An 83-year-old woman was seen in consultation for evaluation of jaw pain and intermittent diplopia.

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Kantor, S.M. (1991). Temporal Arteritis. In: Bowen, J.M., Mazzaferri, E.L. (eds) Contemporary Internal Medicine. Contemporary Internal Medicine, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9823-4_14

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