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SUBMITTER: Ing EB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6351023 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ing Edsel B EB Wang Dan Ni DN Kirubarajan Abirami A Benard-Seguin Etienne E Ma Jingyi J Farmer James P JP Belliveau Michel J MJ Sholohov Galina G Torun Nurhan N
Neuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press) 20180619 1
<h4>Purpose</h4>To determine the positive yield (utility rate) of temporal artery biopsy (TAB) in patients with suspected giant cell arteritis (GCA).<h4>Study design</h4>Systematic review (CRD42017078508) and meta-regression.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>All articles concerning TAB for suspected GCA with English language abstracts from 1998 to 2017 were retrieved. Articles were excluded if they exclusively reported positive TAB, or only cases of known GCA. Where available, the pre-specified pred ...[more]