Prominent inflammatory changes on muscle biopsy in patients with Miyoshi myopathy

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 417-420

  Rowin, Julie ^a   Meriggioli, Matthew N ^a   Cochran, Elizabeth J ^b   Sanders, Donald B ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal myopathy; Hereditary myopathy; Inflammatory myopathy; Miyoshi myopathy; Myopathy

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; MIYOSHI MYOPATHY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES;

EID: 0032884692     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(99)00041-3     Document Type: Article

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