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ArticleNeuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press)2020

Practice Preferences: Temporal Artery Biopsy versus Doppler Ultrasound in the Work-Up of Giant Cell Arteritis.

Edsel Ing, Qinyuan Alis Xu, Jean Chuo, Femida Kherani, Klara Landau

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Article in Neuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Edsel IngDepartment of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Qinyuan Alis XuFaculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Jean ChuoDepartment of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Femida KheraniDepartment of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Klara LandauDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To determine whether temporal artery biopsy (TABx) or Doppler ultrasound (US) of the temporal artery is the preferred confirmatory test for giant cell arteritis, an online survey of ophthalmologists and neurologists in North America, Europe and Israel was conducted in 2019; Canadian rheumatologists were also included. There were 406 survey participants with an estimated survey response rate of 18%. Ninety-four per cent of North American practitioners preferred TABx compared with 74% of their European counterparts. Two per cent of North American practitioners preferred Doppler US versus 24% of European physicians. Regional differences were statistically significant (

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doppler ultrasoundGiant cell arteritispreferred practice patternssurveytemporal artery biopsy

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PMID32395169
PMCPMC7202440

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