High-resolution MRI for assessment of middle meningeal artery involvement in giant cell arteritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1369-1370

  Bley, T A ^a,b   Geiger, J ^a   Jacobsen, S ^c   Wieben, O ^d   Markl, M ^a   Vaith, P ^a   Grist, T ^b   Langer, M ^a   Uhl, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LETTER; MENINGEAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

AGED; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MENINGEAL ARTERIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67651227597     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.101816     Document Type: Letter

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