TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Giant Cell Arteritis
A1  - Bongartz, Timothy
A1  - Dingle, Jodi A.
A2  - Knoop, Kevin J.
A2  - Stack, Lawrence B.
A2  - Storrow, Alan B.
A2  - Thurman, R. Jason
PY  - 2021
T2  - The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
AB  - Giant  cell  arteritis  (GCA)  is  a  disease  of  the  elderly,  most  commonly  occurring  in  the  7th  decade  and  almost  never  among  patients  less  than  50  years  of  age.  It  is  a  form  of  vasculitis  that  involves  the  aorta  and  its  branches.  Constitutional  symptoms  such  as  fatigue  and  weight  loss  are  common.  About  one-half  of  patients  can  have  fevers.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181053233
ER  -