Clinical Case Database / Category: Patient Management
Sudden painless loss of vision: giant cell arteritis.
Publication details
Sangeetha Govinda Rajoo, Miss Antigoni Koukkoulli, Jaishree Gandhewar
Foundation Years Journal, volume 4, issue 6, p.49 (123Doc Education, London, June 2010)
Abstract
The following article discusses the clinical presentation, appropriate investigations and the management of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Further, it reviews the social support networks and rehabilitation pathways available for patients with visual loss.
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Authors
Sangeetha Govinda Rajoo
Foundation Year 1 Doctor
Queens Hospital Burton
Belvedere Road
Burton-on-Trent
Staffordshire
Miss Antigoni Koukkoulli
MBBS, MRCSEd Ophthalmology
ST4 Ophthalmology
St James's University Hospital
Leeds
Jaishree Gandhewar
Consultant Ophthalmologist
Ophthalmology Dept
Queens Hospital Burton
References
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5. Royal National Institute of Blind People http://www.rnib.org.uk.
6. Action for Blind People http://www.actionforblindpeople.org.uk/
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