Case Report : Clinical Implication of (18)F-FDG-PET in Diagnosing and Monitoring Disease Activity in a Case of Subclinical Stage of Giant Cell Arteritis

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis which typically occurs in persons over 50 years old. GCA is closely related to polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). A temporal artery biopsy is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of GCA. Recently, there is increasing evidence for the role of (18)F-f...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of rheumatic diseases 2015-12, Vol.22 (6), p.382
Hauptverfasser:	Su Jin Yoo, Jeong Chan Lee, Young Kim, In Seol Yoo, Seung Cheol Shim, Kun Ho Kim, Seong Wook Kang
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	kor
Schlagworte:	Giant cell arteritis Polymyalgia rheumatica Positron emission tomography
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