Infantile myositis presenting in the neonatal period

Brain and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 415-419

  Vajsar, Jiri ^a   Venita, Jay ^a   Babyn, Paul ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Infantile myositis; Merosin; Muscle; Pathology

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FETUS MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOSITIS; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0030249607     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0387-7604(96)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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