The role of PET/CT in Cogan's syndrome

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2177-2179

  Balink, Hans ^a   Bruyn, G A W ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cogan's syndrome; F18 FDGPET CT; Hearing loss; Large vessel vasculitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LEVOTHYROXINE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISEDRONIC ACID;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; AUDIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGAN SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MASTOIDITIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTALGIA; OTITIS MEDIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36249008017     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0663-5     Document Type: Article

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