The utility of color duplex ultrasonography in the diagnosis of temporal arteritis

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1154-1160

  LeSar, Christopher J ^a   Meier, George H ^a   DeMasi, Richard J ^a,b   Sood, Jaideep ^a   Nelms, Courtney R ^a   Carter, Kathleen A ^a   Gayle, Robert G ^a   Parent, F Noel ^a   Marcinczyk, Michael J ^a   Lyon, Ross T ^c   AbuRahma, Ali F ^c   Patterson, Robert B ^c   Perler, Bruce A ^c   Golden, Michal ^c  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Norfolk Surgical Group   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0037000424     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.129648     Document Type: Article

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