Mortality rates among patients with GCA in Spain are similar to that of the general population, with older age and male sex linked to higher mortality.

Patients with predominantly cranial vs isolated extracranial GCA phenotypes present with different patterns of arterial involvement on 18F-FDG PET-CT scans.

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† Those without notes are either nonspecific or give too many clues of the diseases that cannot be listed. ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; FDG PET-CT ...

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