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Giant cell arteritis

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The Vasculitides

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In the Tadikivat of Ali Ibn Isa [1], from the tenth century, removal of the temporal artery was recommended in order to treat ‘not only migraine and headache in those patients that are subject to chronic eye disease, but al.so acute, sharp, catarrhal affections including those showing heat and inflammation of the temporal muscles. These diseased conditions may terminate in loss of sight’.

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  1. Division of Rheumatology, Clinical Research Centre, Northwick Park Hospital, London, UK

    B. M. Ansell (Consultant Rheumatologist and Former Head) (Consultant Rheumatologist and Former Head)

  2. Rheumatology Department, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    P. A. Bacon (Professor of Rheumatology and Head) (Professor of Rheumatology and Head)

  3. Division of Anatomic Pathology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA

    J. T. Lie (Professor and Director) (Professor and Director)

  4. University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA

    J. T. Lie (Professor and Director) (Professor and Director)

  5. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Turkey

    H. Yazici (Professor and Chief) (Professor and Chief)

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Bengtsson, BÅ. (1996). Giant cell arteritis. In: Ansell, B.M., Bacon, P.A., Lie, J.T., Yazici, H. (eds) The Vasculitides. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2889-4_12

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