Focal myositis

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 283-287

  Kransdorf, Mark J ^a,b   Temple, H Thomas ^b,c   Sweet, Donald E ^b  

^a St Mary's Hospital Richmond   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Focal myositis; MRI; Polymyositis; Soft tissue tumors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB; MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

AGED; CREATINE KINASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOSITIS; MYOSITIS OSSIFICANS; PAIN; POLYMYOSITIS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0031780016     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050382     Document Type: Article

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