Respiratory muscle involvement in severe sarcoid myositis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 379-381

  Pringle, C Elizabeth ^a   Dewar, Catharine L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

diaphragm; myositis; respiratory muscles; sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL GENETICS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLES; MYOSITIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX;

EID: 0031019259     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199703)20:3<379::AID-MUS21>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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