Vertebrobasilar ischemia and structural abnormalities of the vertebral arteries in active temporal arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica - An ultrasonographic case-control study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2356-2360

  Pfadenhauer, Karl ^a   Esser, Marcus ^a   Berger, Klaus ^b  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Polymyalgia rheumatica; Temporal arteritis; Ultrasonography; Vertebral arteries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; THICKNESS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 28844455480     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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