European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 405-408 , September 2007

Biopsy-negative giant cell arteritis: Does anti-CD83 immunohistochemistry advance the diagnosis?

  • Gleb Slobodin

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Internal Medicine Bnai Zion Medical Center and Bruce Rappoport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa 31048, PO Box 4940, Israel. Tel.: +972 50 8687702; fax: +972 4 8359790.
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  • Michael Lurie

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pathology Bnai Zion Medical Center and Bruce Rappoport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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  • Jacob Bejar

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pathology Bnai Zion Medical Center and Bruce Rappoport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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  • Michael Rozenbaum

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Rheumatology Bnai Zion Medical Center and Bruce Rappoport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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  • Nina Boulman

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Rheumatology Bnai Zion Medical Center and Bruce Rappoport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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  • Itzhak Rosner

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Rheumatology Bnai Zion Medical Center and Bruce Rappoport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

Received 27 May 2006 ,Accepted 30 January 2007.

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PII: S0953-6205(07)00129-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.01.005

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 405-408 , September 2007

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