Proliferative myositis: An unusual cause of multiple subcutaneous nodules

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-103

  Turner, R ^a   Robson, A ^b   Motley, R ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DELTOID MUSCLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NODULE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOSITIS;

EID: 0030771391     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1997.tb02631.x     Document Type: Article

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