A computer-assisted analysis of 153 patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1977, Pages 255-286

  Bohan, Anthony ^a   Peter, James B ^a   Bowman, Ralph L ^a   Pearson, Carl M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMYOSITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CREATINE KINASE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYMES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLES; MYOSITIS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0017640201     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-197707000-00001     Document Type: Article

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