Diagnostic value of color doppler ultrasonography of temporal arteries and large vessels in giant cell arteritis: A consecutive case series

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 113-119

  Diamantopoulos, Andreas P ^a   Haugeberg, Glenn ^b   Hetland, Helene ^c   Soldal, Dag M ^c   Bie, Rolf ^c   Myklebust, Geirmund ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^c Hospital of Southern Norway Kristiansand   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BIOPSY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLARY ARTERY; BIOPSY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84891059883     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22178     Document Type: Article

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