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The natural history of asymptomatic positron emission tomography: positive giant cell arteritis after a case of self-limiting polymyalgia rheumatica

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Pages 942-946 | Received 29 Feb 2012, Accepted 28 May 2012, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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