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A 61 year old lady presents with headache, jaw claudication and alternating visual loss due to giant cell arteritis.

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    Desmond P. Kidd

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Kidd, D.P. (2017). Case 10. In: Neuro-Ophthalmology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2410-8_10

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