18F-FDG PET as a diagnostic procedure in large vessel vasculitis-a controlled, blinded re-examination of routine PET scans

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-42

  Lehmann, Petra ^a   Buchtala, Sarah ^a   Achajew, Nelli ^a   Haerle, Peter ^a,b   Ehrenstein, Boris ^a   Lighvani, Hamid ^a   Fleck, Martin ^a,c   Marienhagen, Joerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b St Vinzenz und Elizabeth Hospital   (Germany)

^c Asklepios Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

Large vessel vasculitis; PET; Radionuclide imaging; Standardized uptake value; Takayasu arteritis; Takayasu vasculitis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULITIS;

EID: 79151481743     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-010-1598-9     Document Type: Article

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