Takayasu's arteritis presenting as fever of unknown origin: Report of two cases and literature review

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 280-285

  Uthman, I W ^a   Bizri, A R N ^a   Ali, R A H ^a   Nasr, F W ^a   Khalil, I M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Aortitis; Duplex ultrasonography; Fever of unknown origin; Takayasu's arteritis

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA;

EID: 0032964236     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-0172(99)80023-7     Document Type: Article

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