How to diagnose giant cell arteritis

International Angiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-63

  Meisner, R J ^a   Labropoulos, N ^a   Gasparis, A P ^a   Tassiopoulos, A K ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Diagnosis; Giant cell arteritis

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 79955433595     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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