Large vessel arteritis: A diagnostic challenge in the elderly [1]

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 782-

  Anton E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE ZUMÁRRAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

AGED; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERITIS; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LARGE VESSEL ARTERITIS; LETTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS;

EID: 21844438746     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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