Age at diagnosis influences the clinical phenotype, treatment strategies and outcomes in patients with giant cell arteritis: results from the observational GCAGE study on a large cohort of 1004 patients.
Sara MontiAlessandra MilanesiCatherine KlersyAlessandro TomelleriLorenzo DagnaCampochiaro CorradoNicola FarinaFrancesco MuratoreElena GalliChiara MarvisiMilena BondAlvise BertiRoberto BortolottiRoberto PadoanFranco SchiavonMara FelicettiCarlotta NanniniFabrizio CantiniAlessandro GiolloMaurizio RossiniEdoardo ConticiniBruno FredianiFabrizio ContiRoberta PrioriMarco SebastianiGiulia CassoneLuca QuartuccioElena TreppoSilvano BettioAriela HoxhaMarco LovisottoGiacomo EmmiIrene MattioliPietro LecceseRoberto CaporaliLorenza Maria ArgoliniRosario FotiElisa VisalliMichele ColaciCarlo SalvaraniCarlomaurizio Montecucconull nullPublished in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2023)
The highest risk of ischaemic complications, aneurysm development, serious infections and the possible undertreatment make of GCA a very challenging disease in the oldest patients.