Giant cell arteritis associated with lesion of the internal carotid artery: Assessment of response to steroid therapy by magnetic resonance angiography

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1285-1286

  Takekawa, Hidehiro ^a   Daimon, Yasuhisa ^a   Takashima, Ryotaro ^a   Aiba, Saiko ^a   Tanaka, Hideaki ^a   Hirata, Koichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Giant cell arteritis; Internal carotid artery; Magnetic resonance angiography; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; VISUAL DISORDER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 49649116213     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1137     Document Type: Article

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