Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 292, Issue 7, 1975, Pages 344-347

  Bohan, Anthony ^a   Peter, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; BIOPSY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COLLAGEN DISEASE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MUSCLE; MYOSITIS; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNDROME; VASCULAR DISEASE; CANCER; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; POLYMYOSITIS; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN DISEASES; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLES; MYOSITIS; NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYNDROME; VASCULAR DISEASES;

CREATINE KINASE;

EID: 0016850495     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197502132920706     Document Type: Review

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