The role of colour doppler ultrasonography of facial and occipital arteries in patients with giant cell arteritis: A prospective study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 95, Issue , 2017, Pages 9-12

  Ješe, Rok ^a   Rotar, Žiga ^a   Tomšič, Matija ^a   Hočevar, Alojzija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Colour doppler sonography; Facial artery; Giant cell arteritis; Occipital artery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CLAUDICATION; COLOR DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPH; FACIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; JAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCIPITAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRA AORTIC ARTERY; TEMPORAL ARTERY; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AORTIC DISEASE; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AORTIC DISEASES; BIOPSY; FACE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 85026425009     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.07.007     Document Type: Article

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