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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis masquerading as giant cell arteritis

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  1. Dublin Neurological Institute at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, 57 Eccles St, Dublin 7, Ireland

    A. McCarthy, T. Lynch & K. O’Rourke

  2. Department of Neuropathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    M. Farrell

  3. Charles S. Kubik Laboratory for Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    T. Hedley-Whyte & D. McGuone

  4. Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    E. Kavanagh

  5. Department of Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    S. McNally

  6. Department of Immunology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    M. Keogan

  7. Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    N. Horgan

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McCarthy, A., Farrell, M., Hedley-Whyte, T. et al. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis masquerading as giant cell arteritis. J Neurol 260, 1661–1663 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-013-6913-3

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