Imaging modalities for the diagnosis and disease activity assessment of Takayasu's arteritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 175-187

  Barra, Lillian ^a   Kanji, Tahir ^a   Malette, Jacqueline ^a   Pagnoux, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortitis; CT; Imaging; Large vessel vasculitis; MR; PET; Takayasu's arteritis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AORTIC ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUE RATIO; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; X RAY; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85037646027     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: 18730183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2017.11.021     Document Type: Review

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