Color duplex ultrasonography of temporal arteries: Role in diagnosis and follow-up of suspected cases of temporal arteritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-237

  Habib, Hisham M ^a,b   Essa, Ashraf A ^b,c   Hassan, Ayman A ^b,d  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Al Ahsa Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c BENI SUEF UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Color duplex ultrasonography; Temporal arteries; Temporal artery biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84856732699     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-011-1808-0     Document Type: Article

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