Magnetic resonance imaging of skeletal muscles in the polymyositis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1463-1466

  Fujitake, Junko ^a   Ishikawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Fujii, Hayato ^a   Nishimura, Kazumasa ^a   Hayakawa, Katsumi ^a   Tatsuoka, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a KYOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronal; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myotendinous junction; Polymyositis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULITIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMYOSITIS;

EID: 0030864618     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199711)20:11<1463::AID-MUS18>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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