FDG-PET/CT in large-vessel vasculitis: Its diagnostic and follow-up role

Rheumatology International

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1111-1114

  Šteňová, Emoke ^a   Mištec, Samuel ^a   Povinec, Pavol ^b  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b Biont as   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fluoro deoxyglucose; Follow up; PET; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REMISSION; SWEATING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 77954424360     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1038-9     Document Type: Article

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