The utility and sensitivity of colour Doppler ultrasound in monitoring changes in giant cell arteritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 70, 2012, Pages

  De Miguel, Eugenio ^a   Roxo, Ana ^b   Castillo, Concepción ^a   Peiteado, Diana ^a   Villalba, Alejandro ^a   Martín Mola, Emilio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b Centro Hospitalar   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Giant cell arteritis; Monitoring; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEROIDS; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84863770741     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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