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BMJ Publishing Group, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 4(69), p. 780-781, 2009

DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.111005

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Increase in age at onset of giant cell arteritis: A population-based study

Journal article published in 2009 by Tanaz A. Kermani, Valentin S. Schäfer ORCID, Cynthia S. Crowson, Gene G. Hunder, Sherine E. Gabriel, Eric L. Matteson, Kenneth J. Warrington
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Abstract

GCA (giant cell arteritis) is a granulomatous vasculitis of large and medium-sized arteries that occurs in individuals 50 years of age or older. [1] A recent study suggested that the age at incidence of GCA may be increasing. [2] To address this issue, we studied the trends in mean age at onset of GCA over a 55-year period.