Imaging studies in the diagnosis of large vessel vasculitis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1 SUPPL. 44, 2007, Pages

  Bley, Thorsten A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Imaging; MRI; PET; Sonography; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; WHOLE BODY PET;

CEREBRAL ARTERIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 34247466008     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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