Tongue involvement in a patient with granulomatous myositis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 937-939

  Khan, Atiq R ^a   Bertorini, Tulio E ^a   Horner, Linda H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOSITIS; PROGNOSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; TONGUE DISEASE;

EID: 0030826288     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199709000-00015     Document Type: Article

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