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dependent upon the clinical impression. | dependent upon the clinical impression. | ||
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*The evidence is weak that the biopsy result influences management; a negative biopsy doesn't preclude treatment for clinically presumed giant cell arteritis.<ref name=pmid16287908>{{Cite journal | last1 = Lenton | first1 = J. | last2 = Donnelly | first2 = R. | last3 = Nash | first3 = JR. | title = Does temporal artery biopsy influence the management of temporal arteritis? | journal = QJM | volume = 99 | issue = 1 | pages = 33-6 | month = Jan | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1093/qjmed/hci141 | PMID = 16287908 }}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||