Diagnostic imaging in Takayasu arteritis

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-37

  Kissin, Eugene Y ^a   Merkel, Peter A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA WALL; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK; SYMPTOM;

AORTOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0348047329     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002281-200401000-00007     Document Type: Review

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