The role of ultrasound biomicroscopy in the diagnosis of temporal arteritis

Acta Clinica Croatica, Supplement

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 31-35

  Avitabile, Teresio ^a   Castiglione, Francesco ^a   Bonfiglio, Vincenza ^a   Reibaldi, Michele ^b   Buccoliero, Donato ^a   La Bruna, Marco ^b   Reibaldi, Alfredo ^b  

^a Santa Marta Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Temporal arteritis; Ultrasound biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

AGED; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL ARTERIES;

EID: 84874095513     PISSN: 03539474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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