Do temporal artery duplex ultrasound findings correlate with ophthalmic complications in giant cell arteritis?

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-385

  Schmidt, Wolfgang A ^a   Krause, Andreas ^a   Schicke, Bernd ^b   Kuchenbecker, Jörn ^c   Gromnica Ihle, Erika ^a  

^a Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin Buch   (Germany)

^b Tumor Centrum Berlin ^*  (Germany)

^c HELIOS KLINIKUM BERLIN BUCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amaurosis fugax; Anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy; Branch retinal artery occlusion; Central retinal artery occlusion; Diplopia; GCA; Histology; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRANCH RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL ARTERY; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; VASCULITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMAUROSIS FUGAX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIPLOPIA; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 63249114575     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken515     Document Type: Article

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