RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Giant Cell Arteritis: Real-life Experience
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP jrheum.210334
DO 10.3899/jrheum.210334
A1 Peter M.  Villiger
YR 2021
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2021/05/27/jrheum.210334.abstract
AB Giant cell arteritis (GCA), the most frequent form of vasculitis in the elderly, still poses questions regarding optimal treatment. Because of the risk of permanent vision loss, the revised European League Against Rheumatism recommendation of 2018 stresses that glucocorticoid (GC) therapy should start as soon as a diagnosis of GCA is strongly suspected.1