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Retrospective cohort study examines steroid duration and biopsy positivity in giant cell arteritis, highlighting timing for diagnostic accuracy.
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common large-vessel vasculitis that primarily affects older individuals.1 Prompt diagnosis and treatment with empiric glucocorticoids (GCs) is important because GCA can lead to ischemic complications, including visual loss.1,2
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