Detection of asymptomatic aortic involvement in ANCA-associated vasculitis using FDG PET/CT

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL.75, 2013, Pages

  Soussan, Michaël ^a,b   Abad, Sébastien ^b   Mékinian, Arsène ^c   Dhote, Robin ^b   Eder, Véronique ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

Author keywords

ANCA associated vasculitis; Aortitis; FDG PET CT; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ANTIBODY TITER; AORTA ARCH; AORTITIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ANTI-NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878383077     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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