Large-vessel involvement in recent-onset giant cell arteritis: A case-control colour-doppler sonography study

Rheumatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 730-734

  Ghinoi, Alessandra ^a   Pipitone, Nicolò ^a   Nicolini, Alberto ^a   Boiardi, Luigi ^a   Silingardi, Mauro ^a   Germanò, Giuseppe ^a   Salvarani, Carlo ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler sonography; Giant cell arteritis; Large vessels

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CRANIAL NERVE; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; JAW; JAW DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TEMPORAL ARTERY; VASCULITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84858691875     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker329     Document Type: Article

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