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Giant cell arteritis: the skin as the key to the diagnosis

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    Miguel Miranda & Cátia Carmona

  2. Department of Dermathology, Hospital de Cascais Dr. José de Almeida, Cascais, Portugal

    Rita Ramos Pinheiro

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Miguel Miranda conceived and designed the analysis, collected the data, and wrote the paper. Rita Ramos Pinheiro and Cátia Carmona reviewed the paper. All authors discussed the results and contributed to the final manuscript.

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Miranda, M., Pinheiro, R.R. & Carmona, C. Giant cell arteritis: the skin as the key to the diagnosis. Neurol Sci 44, 4151–4153 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-023-06931-5

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