Mural inflammatory hyperenhancement in MRI of giant cell (temporal) arteritis resolves under corticosteroid treatment

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-67

  Bley, Thorsten A ^a   Markl, M ^a   Schelp, M ^a   Uhl, M ^a   Frydrychowicz, A ^a   Vaith, P ^a   Peter, H H ^a   Langer, M ^a   Warnatz, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Giant cell arteritis; MRI; Steroids; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349051489     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem283     Document Type: Article

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