The role of color duplex sonography in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1493-1498

  Romera Villegas, Antonio ^a   Vila Coll, Ramon ^a   Poca Dias, Violant ^a   Cairols Castellote, Marc A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Doppler sonography; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CELLS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; SONOCHEMISTRY; ULTRASONICS;

COLOR DUPLEX SONOGRAPHY; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; LINEAR ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; TEMPORAL ARTERY BIOPSY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 6944233564     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.11.1493     Document Type: Article

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