Performance characteristics and predictors of temporal artery ultrasound for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis in routine clinical practice in a prospective cohort.

CONCLUSIONS: TA US is potentially useful in the diagnosis of GCA; however, interpretation of its results requires knowledge of the performance characteristics in the target population. PMID: 30620296 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30620296?dopt=Abstract

Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - January 9, 2019 Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research

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