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Corticosteroids are essential when treating patients with giant cell arteritis or polymyalgia rheumatica

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Corticosteroids are essential when treating patients with giant cell arteritis or polymyalgia rheumatica. Drugs Ther Perspect 28, 11–14 (2012). https://doi.org/10.2165/11208740-000000000-00000

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