Early high-dose steroid treatment is essential for rapid ... a patient with vasculitis shall be said to have giant cell temporal arteritis if at least three of these five criteria are present.

WASHINGTON -- Giant cell arteritis (GCA) can be successfully ... although one participant had lived with GCA for nearly 15 years. Mean steroid dose at baseline was about 35 mg/day in prednisone ...

Patients should be monitored for evidence of relapse, for disease-related complications, for steroid-related complications ... be said to have giant cell temporal arteritis if at least three ...