Standardised work-up programme for fever of unknown origin and contribution of magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of hidden systemic vasculitis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-110

  Wagner, A D ^b   Andresen, J ^b   Raum, E ^b   Lotz, J ^b   Zeidler, H ^b   Kuipers, J G ^b   Jendro, M C ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS;

EID: 11344291819     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.018259     Document Type: Article

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