Giant-Cell Arteritis

• Övriga skapare: Chaudhry, Imtiaz A. (Utgivare, redaktör, sammanställare)
• Materialtyp: Elektronisk Bokavsnitt
• Språk: engelska
• Publicerad: IntechOpen 2022
• Ämnen: Immunology; Clinical & internal medicine
• Länkar: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...