A case of silent giant cell arteritis involving the entire aorta, carotid artery and brachial artery screened by integrated PET/CT

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1959-1962

  Kwon, Chang Mo ^a   Hong, Yeong Hoon ^a   Chun, Kyung Ah ^a   Cho, Ihn Ho ^a   Kim, Mi Jin ^a   Shin, Dong Gu ^a   Hyun, Myung Soo ^a   Kim, Young Jo ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Giant cell arteritis; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS;

AORTA; BIOPSY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 34948909701     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0592-3     Document Type: Article

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