Comparison of duplex sonography and high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of giant cell (temporal) arteritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2574-2578

  Bley, T A ^a,b   Reinhard, M ^a   Hauenstein, C ^a   Markl, M ^a   Warnatz, K ^a   Hetzel, A ^a   Uhl, M ^a   Vaith, P ^a   Langer, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 49449097877     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23699     Document Type: Article

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