Prognosis of large-vessel giant cell arteritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1406-1408

  Schmidt, W A ^a   Moll, A ^a   Seifert, A ^a   Schicke, B ^a   Gromnica Ihle, E ^a   Krause, A ^a  

^a Berlin Tumour Centre   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler ultrasonography; Follow up studies; Giant cell arteritis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LARGE VESSEL GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPLITEAL ARTERY STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; ARM; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 50849113131     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken258     Document Type: Article

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