Recurrent orbital myositis: Report of a familial incidence

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1407-1409

  Maurer, Iris ^a,c   Zierz, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c Psychiatrische Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE INFLAMMATION; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL, ORBITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PEDIGREE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0032725483     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.11.1407     Document Type: Article

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