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Clinical and pathologic diagnosis of 107 patients with temporal artery biopsies
| Pathologic Diagnosis |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GCA | Indeterminate | Negative | Total | ||||
| Clinical Diagnosis | CPD | MPD | CPD | MPD | CPD | MPD | |
| GCA | 22 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| Presumed -GCA | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| NO GCA | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 63 | 62 | 69 |
| Total | 22 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 69 | 65 | 107 |
GCA=giant cell arteritis; CPD=Classic Pathologic Diagnosis Criteria; MPD=Modified Pathologic Diagnosis Criteria
