Diagnosing temporal arteritis: Duplex vs. biopsy

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 785-789

  Alberts, Michael S ^a,b   Mosen, D M ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b Vancouver Medical Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 37549067335     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcm103     Document Type: Article

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