OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between age, red cell distribution width (RDW) levels, and 180-day and 1-year mortality in giant cell arteritis (GCA) patients hospitalized or admitted to the ICU.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology
May 21, 2020
OBJECTIVES: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common systemic vasculitis in adults. In recent years, colour Doppler ultrasound of the temporal arteries (CDU) has proven to be a powerful non-invasive diagnostic tool, but its place in the diagnosi...
Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie
Aug 31, 2018
OBJECTIVE: Support vector machines (SVM) is a newer statistical method that has been reported to be advantageous to traditional logistic regression for clinical classification. We determine if SVM can better predict the results of temporal artery bio...
IMPORTANCE: Prompt and accurate diagnosis of arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AAION) from giant cell arteritis and other systemic vasculitis can contribute to preventing irreversible vision loss from these conditions. Its clinical distin...
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