Takayasu's arteritis without manifest arterial stenoses as a cause of fever of unknown origin;Takayasu-arteriitis ohne manifeste gefäßstenosen als ursache von fieber unklarer genese

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 131, Issue 31-32, 2006, Pages 1727-1730

  Tatò, Federico ^a   Weiss, M ^b   Hoffmann, U ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Klinik fur Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arteritis; Fever of unknown origin; Takayasu's arteritis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PREDNISONE; TRACER; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; SCINTISCANNING;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS;

EID: 33748661680     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-947823     Document Type: Article

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