Duration of Steroid Therapy and Temporal Artery Biopsy Positivity in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study

University College Dublin School of Medicine, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare, and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. NK has received consulting fees from BMS, Sanofi, and AbbVie clinical trials, and an AstraZeneca travel grant; and was a member of the Roche advisory board (2020). The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to K. Majerovich, Apartment 4, 88 Sandymount Road, Dublin, D04 K076, Ireland. Email: Katherine.majerovich@ucdconnect.ie.

University College Dublin School of Medicine, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare, and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. NK has received consulting fees from BMS, Sanofi, and AbbVie clinical trials, and an AstraZeneca travel grant; and was a member of the Roche advisory board (2020). The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to K. Majerovich, Apartment 4, 88 Sandymount Road, Dublin, D04 K076, Ireland. Email: Katherine.majerovich@ucdconnect.ie.

University College Dublin School of Medicine, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare, and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. NK has received consulting fees from BMS, Sanofi, and AbbVie clinical trials, and an AstraZeneca travel grant; and was a member of the Roche advisory board (2020). The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to K. Majerovich, Apartment 4, 88 Sandymount Road, Dublin, D04 K076, Ireland. Email: Katherine.majerovich@ucdconnect.ie.

University College Dublin School of Medicine, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare, and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. NK has received consulting fees from BMS, Sanofi, and AbbVie clinical trials, and an AstraZeneca travel grant; and was a member of the Roche advisory board (2020). The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to K. Majerovich, Apartment 4, 88 Sandymount Road, Dublin, D04 K076, Ireland. Email: Katherine.majerovich@ucdconnect.ie.