Increasing echogenicity of diffuse circumferential thickening ("macaroni sign") of the carotid artery wall with decreasing inflammatory activity of takayasu arteritis

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-62

  Keo, Hong H ^a   Caliezi, Gion ^a   Baumgartner, Iris ^a   Diehm, Nicolas ^a   Willenberg, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Macaroni sign; Sonographic follow up; Takayasu arteritis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 84870976404     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20894     Document Type: Article

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