Clinics
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Giant cell arteritis: a multicenter observational study in Brazil.
To describe demographic features, disease manifestations and therapy in patients with giant cell arteritis from referral centers in Brazil. ⋯ Most of the clinical features of Brazilian giant cell arteritis patients were similar to those found in other studies, except for the high prevalence of neuro-ophthalmic manifestations and permanent blindness in the Brazilian patients. Aspirin had a protective effect on relapses.