Occult giant cell arteritis with an abnormal temporal artery finding and normal blood markers.

Br J Hosp Med (Lond)

Consultant Ophthalmologist, Hereford County Hospital, Wye Valley NHS Trust, Hereford.

Published: August 2017

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