JGCA (medical condition): A rare form of localized blood vessel inflammation that affects older children and young adults. The condition is harmless and any nodules that develop can be removed and do not reappear. The nodules develop in blood vessels in the temples.
See also:
Juvenile temporal arteritis:
»Introduction: Juvenile temporal arteritis
»Symptoms of Juvenile temporal arteritis
JGCA is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that JGCA, or a subtype of JGCA,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
JGCA: Another name for Juvenile temporal arteritis (or close medical condition association).
»Introduction: Juvenile temporal arteritis
»Symptoms of Juvenile temporal arteritis
Some of the symptoms of JGCA incude:
Read more about symptoms of JGCA (Juvenile temporal arteritis)
Source - NIH
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