Vasculitis of the aortic arch and cardiac valves as the cause of relapsing fever of unknown origin in an elderly, white man

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 923-925

  Obermeier, Florian ^a   Herold, T ^a   Schonberger J ^a   Tarner, I ^a   Eilles, C ^a   Scholmerich J ^a   Gluck T ^a   Kullmann, F ^a   Muller Ladner U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortitis; Fever of unknown origin; SPECT; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLOBULIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HEART VALVE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RELAPSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 33749164195     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0080-6     Document Type: Article

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