The role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography in the assessment of disease activity in patients with takayasu arteritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 866-875

  Lee, Kwang Hoon ^a   Cho, Arthur ^b   Choi, Yun Jung ^b   Lee, Sang Won ^a   Ha, You Jung ^a   Jung, Se Jin ^a   Park, Min Chan ^a   Lee, Jong Doo ^b   Lee, Soo Kon ^a   Park, Yong Beom ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863253258     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.33413     Document Type: Article

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