The role of 2-18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis of the temporal arteries

Rheumatology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-242

  Brodmann, Marianne ^a   Lipp, R W ^a   Passath, A ^a   Seinost, G ^a   Pabst, E ^a   Pilger, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Duplex sonography; F 18 FDG PET; Giant cell arteritis; Horton's disease; Temporal arteries

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

AGED; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 2342621527     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh025     Document Type: Article

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