Antimyosin scintigraphy compared with magnetic resonance imaging in inflammatory myopathies

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 987-993

  Löfberg, Mervt ^a   Liewendahl, Kristian ^a   Lamminen, Antti ^a   Korhola, Ossi ^a   Somer, Hannu ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CREATINE KINASE; MYOSIN ANTIBODY IN 111; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA;

EID: 0031865008     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.7.987     Document Type: Article

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