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Letters |1 August 1997

Temporal Artery Biopsy and Corticosteroid Treatment: Changing Conclusions without Changing Evidence

Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, MD

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  • Bilbao, Spain
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TO THE EDITOR:
The purpose of this letter is to draw attention to the misuse of the results of some clinical studies. I refer to a study published in Annals in June 1994 [1]. The aim of this study was to determine whether corticosteroids affect the findings in temporal artery biopsy in patients with temporal arteritis. The authors retrospectively reviewed the charts of 535 patients who underwent temporal biopsy. Each specimen was reexamined by a pathologist. However, every decision about treatment was based on clinical grounds, and there was no gold standard for the diagnosis other than the biopsy...
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Ruiz-Irastorza G. Temporal Artery Biopsy and Corticosteroid Treatment: Changing Conclusions without Changing Evidence. Ann Intern Med. 1997;127:248. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00028

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):248.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00028

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