The use of ultrasound to assess giant cell arteritis: Review of the current evidence and practical guide for the rheumatologist

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 227-235

  Monti, Sara ^a,b   Floris, Alberto ^c   Ponte, Cristina ^d,e   Schmidt, Wolfgang A ^f   Diamantopoulos, Andreas P ^g   Pereira, Claudio ^a   Piper, Jennifer ^a   Luqmani, Raashid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^f MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^g Department of Rheumatology Hospital of Southern Norway Trust   (Norway)

Author keywords

Colour duplex sonography; Giant cell arteritis; Large vessel vasculitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AORTIC ARCH SYNDROME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOUR DUPLEX SONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOLOGIST; AXILLARY ARTERY; COLOR DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

AXILLARY ARTERY; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 85041528172     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheu     Document Type: Review

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