Usefulness of flourine-18-flourodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in a patient with Takayasu's arteritis associated with antiphospholipid syndrome

International Heart Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 311-317

  Kaku, Bunji ^a   Higuchi, Takahiro ^b   Kanaya, Hounin ^a   Horita, Yuki ^a   Yamazaki, Tsukasa ^a   Uno, Yoshihide ^a   Itoh, Hideki ^a   Namura, Masanobu ^b   Shimizu, Masami ^b  

^a ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Positron emission tomography; Takayasu's arteritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; THORACIC AORTA; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDNISOLONE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645834143     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.47.311     Document Type: Article

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