Clinical usefulness of multiplanar reconstruction images obtained by multi-slice computed tomographic angiography for early-stage Takayasu's arteritis

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-249

  Sada, Eiji ^a   Kohno, Masashi ^b   Iwamasa, Kikue ^b   Hasegawa, Hitoshi ^b   Mochizuki, Teruhito ^b   Yamauchi, Tetsuzo ^c   Fujita, Shigeru ^b  

^a EHIME PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MATSUYAMA SHIMIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical ultrasonography; Early stage; Multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) image; Multislice computed tomography; Takayasu's arteritis

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 4444306787     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/s10165-004-0300-y     Document Type: Article

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