Is duplex ultrasonography useful for the diagnosis of giant-cell arteritis?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 232-238

  Salvarani, Carlo ^a   Silingardi, Mauro ^a   Ghirarduzzi, Angelo ^a   Lo Scocco, Giovanni ^a   Macchioni, PierLuigi ^a   Bajocchi, GianLuigi ^a   Vinceti, Marco ^a   Cantini, Fabrizio ^a   Iori, Ido ^a   Boiardi, Luigi ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

EID: 0037143576     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-137-4-200208200-00006     Document Type: Article

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