Focal myositis presenting as pseudothrombophlebitis of the neck in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1254-1258

  Rivest, Charles ^a   Miller, Frederick W ^b   Love, Lori A ^c   Turgeon, Pierre Paul ^a   Blier, Claude ^c   Senécal, Jean Luc ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; MYOSITIS; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ADULT; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; MYOSITIS; NECK MUSCLES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0029955603     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780390728     Document Type: Article

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