Diagnosis of inflammatory myopathy; usefulness of 99mTc MDP scintigraphy and muscle MRI for determination of affected sites

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1114-1117

  Nakayama, Takahiro ^a   Saitoh, Yuko ^a   Yatabe, Kana ^a   Sueishi, Makoto ^a   Kawai, Mitsuru ^a  

^a SHIMOSHIZU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

99mTc methylendiphosphate muscle scintigraphy; Inflammatory myopathy; Muscle biopsy; Muscle CT; Muscle MRI

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE;

EID: 0033378103     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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