Atherosclerosis as a potential pitfall in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 318-321

  De Miguel, Eugenio ^a   Beltran, Luis M ^a   Monjo, Irene ^a   Deodati, Francesco ^a   Schmidt, Wolfgang A ^b   Garcia Puig, Juan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Giant cell arteritis; Imaging; Ultrasound; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL ARTERY; COLOR DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 85041525233     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kex381     Document Type: Article

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