3-T MRI detects inflammatory stenosis of the vertebral artery in giant cell arteritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 663-666

  Geiger, Julia ^a,b   Uhl, M ^a   Peter, H H ^a   Langer, M ^a   Bley, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Giant cell arteritis; MRI; Mural inflammation; Stenosis; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEVICE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 41849102080     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0792-x     Document Type: Article

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