Color Doppler sonography of the temporal arteries in giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1570-1574

  Lauwerys, Bernard R ^a,b   Puttemans, Thierry ^a,b   Houssiau, Frederic A ^a,b   Devogelaer, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b Department of Rheumatology ^*

Author keywords

blood flow velocity; color Doppler sonography; giant cell arteritis; polymyalgia rheumatica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0030824781     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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