The use of positron emission tomography (PET), novel immune and microbiological biomarkers to improve the diagnosis and prognostication of giant cell arteritis

使用正电子发射断层扫描 (PET)、新型免疫和微生物生物标志物来改善巨细胞动脉炎的诊断和预后

• 批准号: nhmrc : GNT1134309
• 负责人: Dr Anthony Sammel
• 金额: $ 12.47万
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Postgraduate Scholarships
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://researchdata.edu.au/use-positron-emission-cell-arteritis/1347946
• 关键词: use; positron; emission; tomography; PET

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammatory condition of blood vessels. Diagnosing the condition and predicting which patients will develop complications is challenging. Undiagnosed, a significant proportion of patients experience sudden onset, permanent blindness. Our study aims to improve the diagnosis and risk assessment of patients with suspected GCA by following a group of 65 patients for two years with serial scans, blood tests and clinical reviews.

巨细胞动脉炎(GCA)是一种血管炎症状态。诊断病情并预测哪些患者会出现并发症是具有挑战性的。在未确诊的情况下，相当大比例的患者会突然发病，永久性失明。我们的研究旨在通过对65名疑似GCA患者进行为期两年的系列扫描、血液测试和临床回顾，以提高诊断和风险评估。