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Is Biopsy Required To Diagnose Temporal Arthritis?

I have a lot of the symptoms of temporal arteritis, my doc suspects I have it but my ESR is normal and he has not ordered a biopsy due to the risk of a skip lesion, he started me on prednisone and I am doing so much better, my question is should I have the biopsy?
Sat, 3 Aug 2013
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