Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 96-107 , October 2009

Vasculitis of the Temporal Arteries in the Young

  • Gideon Nesher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Service, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, the Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel Adjunct Professor, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Gideon Nesher, MD, Department of Internal Medicine A, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, P.O. Box 3235, Jerusalem 91031, Israel
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  • Shirly Oren, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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  • Graciela Lijovetzky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Ronit Nesher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel; Lecturer, Sackler Medical School, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

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Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 96-107 , October 2009

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