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To the Editor: The Case Records on the 72-year-old man with giant-cell arteritis (July 10 issue)¹ include a comment from a house officer: "As one of the house officers caring for this patient, I developed a relationship with him and his family. Probably one of the hardest things I have ever had to do was to ask him, before the final deterioration of his condition, if he would permit us to examine his brain after he died." This perspective struck me as both unusual and refreshing in a case report.

The inclusion of this statement, especially in the context of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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