Comparison between colour duplex sonography findings and different histological patterns of temporal artery

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2268-2274

  Muratore, Francesco ^a   Boiardi, Luigi ^a   Restuccia, Giovanna ^a   Macchioni, Pierluigi ^a   Pazzola, Giulia ^a   Nicolini, Alberto ^a   Germanò, Giuseppe ^a   Possemato, Niccolò ^a   Cavazza, Alberto ^a   Cavuto, Silvio ^a   Cimino, Luca ^a   Pipitone, Nicolò ^a   Catanoso, Mariagrazia ^a   Addimanda, Olga ^a   Salvarani, Carlo ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Giant cell arteritis; Halo; Periadventitial small vessel vasculitis; Transmural vasculitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR DUPLEX SONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL VESSEL VASCULITIS; STANDARD; TEMPORAL ARTERY; TRANSMURAL VASCULITIS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VASA VASORUM; VASA VASORUM VASCULITIS; VASCULITIS;

GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HALO; PERIADVENTITIAL SMALL-VESSEL VASCULITIS; TRANSMURAL VASCULITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84887787596     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket258     Document Type: Article

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