The dropped head plus syndrome: Quantitation of response to corticosteroids

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-118

  Rose, Michael R ^a,c   Levin, Kerry H ^b   Griggs, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Dropped head; Muscle mass; Polymyositis; Quantitative myometry

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; NECK MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; BODY MASS INDEX; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK MUSCLES; PREDNISONE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032888967     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199901)22:1<115::AID-MUS18>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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