Vascular ultrasound for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis: a reliability and agreement study based on a standardised training programme

Objective To evaluate the impact of a standardised training programme including equipment adjustment for experienced musculoskeletal ultrasonographers without previous experience in vascular ultrasound (US) on the reliability of US in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA).Methods In this prosp...

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Main Authors: Andreas P Diamantopoulos, Ulrich Fredberg, Knud Larsen, Uffe Møller Døhn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:RMD Open
Online Access:https://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/6/3/e001337.full