Takayasu's arteritis as a cause of carotidynia: Clinical and imaging features

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-159

  Zeina, Abdel Rauf ^a   Slobodin, Gleb ^a,b   Barmeir, Elisha ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carotidynia; Computed tomography; Large vessel vasculitides; Magnetic resonance imaging; Takayasu's arteritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GADOLINIUM; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEMOGLOBIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTIDYNIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NECK PAIN; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NECK PAIN; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42949168922     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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