IMPACT AND UTILITY OF POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY IN TAKAYASU's ARTERITIS

DA was evaluated according to Dabague's criteria, which include clinical findings, blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP) and fibrinogen; a score of >=5 points was considered as active disease.

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2016-04, Vol.67 (13), p.1617-1617
Main Authors: Marroquin Donday, Luis Alfonso, Rosas, Erick Alexanderson, Soto-Lopez, Maria E, Telich-Tarriba, Jose E, Alcocer, Alejandro Ricalde, Meave, Aloha, Rodriguez-Zanella, Hugo G, Inarra-Talboy, Fernando, Jordan-Rios, Antonio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Internal Medicine
Laboratories
Mortality
Patients
Tomography
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Summary:DA was evaluated according to Dabague's criteria, which include clinical findings, blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP) and fibrinogen; a score of >=5 points was considered as active disease.
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/S0735-1097(16)31618-7