Quantifying disease involvement in Takayasu's arteritis

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1535-1536

  Bacon, Paul ^a   Direskeneli, Haner ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84906832322     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket467     Document Type: Editorial

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