Cranial giant cell arteritis evolving into early large-vessel vasculitis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3 SUPPL. 49, 2008, Pages

  Ghinoi, Alessandra ^a   Pipitone, Nicolò ^a   Nicolini, Alberto ^b   Salvarani, Carlo ^a  

^a Rheumatology Service   (Italy)

^b Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova   (Italy)

Author keywords

Giant cell arteritis; Large vessel vasculitis; Polymyalgia rheumatica; Relapse; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MORNING STIFFNESS; NECK PAIN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SHOULDER PAIN; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERY; VISUAL DISORDER; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 52049118108     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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