The impact of temporal artery biopsy for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis in clinical practice in a tertiary university hospital

• Evripidis Kaltsonoudis,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

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• Eleftherios Pelechas,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

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• Alexandra Papoudou-Bai,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

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• Theodora E. Markatseli,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

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• Moses Elisaf,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

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• Paraskevi V. Voulgari,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

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• Alexandros A. Drosos

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: adrosos@cc.uoi.gr

  Affiliation Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2232-0326

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