The clinical utility of high resolution magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis: A critically appraised topic

Neurologist

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 330-335

  Khoury, Julie A ^a   Hoxworth, Joseph M ^a   Mazlumzadeh, Mehrdad ^a   Wellik, Kay E ^a   Wingerchuk, Dean M ^a   Demaerschalk, Bart M ^a,b  

^a Mayo Clinic Arizona   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Critically appraised topic; Diagnosis; Evidence based medicine; Giant cell arteritis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIBRARIAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

AGED; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 53549122999     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181836add     Document Type: Article

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