| Literature DB >> 27742024 |
Sergio Prieto-González1, Georgina Espígol-Frigolé1, Ana García-Martínez2, Marco A Alba1, Itziar Tavera-Bahillo1, José Hernández-Rodríguez1, Arturo Renú3, Rosa Gilabert4, Francisco Lomeña4, Maria C Cid5.
Abstract
Various imaging modalities, including color duplex ultrasonography, CT angiography, magnetic resonance angiography, and PET, are emerging as important aids to the diagnosis, staging, evaluation of disease activity and response to treatment in systemic vasculitis. Although large-vessel vasculitis is the main target of imaging, refinement and increasing accuracy of imaging modalities are also providing useful information in the evaluation of medium-vessel and small-vessel vasculitis.Entities:
Keywords: Diagnosis; Disease activity; Imaging; Outcome measures; Systemic vasculitis; Treatment
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27742024 DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2016.07.009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rheum Dis Clin North Am ISSN: 0889-857X Impact factor: 2.670