Doppler ultrasound and giant cell arteritis

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1383-1384

  Suelves, Ana Marina ^a   España Gregori, Enrique ^a,b   Tembl, Jose ^a   Rohrweck, Stephanie ^a   Millán, Jose Maria ^c   Díaz Llopis, Manuel ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Giant cell arteritis; Optic nerve; Temporal artery biopsy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

EID: 78650698520     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S13006     Document Type: Article

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