The Adequate Number of Histopathology Cross-sections of Temporal Artery Biopsy in Establishing the Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis

The Adequate Number of Histopathology Cross-sections of Temporal Artery Biopsy in Establishing the Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis

Purpose: To determine the appropriate number of histopathological cross-sections that are required for a conclusive diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the number of sections per slide for paraffin-embedded blocks for 100 randomly selected cases wher...

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Main Authors: Roshanak Ali-Akbar Navahi, Samira Chaibakhsh, Sayyed Amirpooya Alemzadeh, Kaveh Abri Aghdam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Knowledge E 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research
Subjects:
giant cell arteritis
histopathology cross-sections
temporal artery biopsy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18502/jovr.v16i1.8253

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