Giant cell arteritis of the occipital arteries: A prospective color coded duplex Sonography study in 78 patients

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 844-849

  Pfadenhauer, Karl ^a,b   Weber, Hermann ^a  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Duplex sonography; Occipital artery; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0041346078     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-1104-2     Document Type: Article

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