Patients with predominantly cranial vs isolated extracranial GCA phenotypes present with different patterns of arterial involvement on 18F-FDG PET-CT scans.

Mortality rates among patients with GCA in Spain are similar to that of the general population, with older age and male sex linked to higher mortality.

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High dose glucocorticoid therapy (40–60 mg/day prednisone-equivalent) should be initiated immediately for induction of remission in active giant cell arteritis (GCA) or Takayasu arteritis (TAK). We ...

The limitations of corticosteroids in the treatment of some cases of GCA have led to the evaluation of other strategies using steroid sparing agents. 4– 7 In two previous studies patients with ...

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