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Case of Giant Cell Arteritis After SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination: A Particular Phenotype?

Agathe SauretJulien StievenartPerrine SmetsLouis OlagneBenedicte GuelonOlivier AumaîtreMarc AndréLudovic Trefond
Published in: The Journal of rheumatology (2021)
We read with great interest the article by Mehta et al about the similarities and discriminators between giant cell arteritis (GCA) and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).1 Viruses have been suspected to be implicated in the pathogenesis of GCA, especially the varicella zoster virus,2 but a clear association has not been confirmed.3.
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