Long-term inflammation in the temporal artery of a giant cell arteritis patient as detected by ultrasound

Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 102-103

  Diamantopoulos, Andreas P ^a   Myklebust, Geirmund ^b  

^a Hospital of Southern Norway Kristiansand   (Norway)

^b Southern Norway Hospital Trust   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWELLING; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

EID: 84901702011     PISSN: 1759720X     EISSN: 17597218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1759720X14521109     Document Type: Letter

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