Focal myositis: Magnetic resonance imaging findings and peripheral arterial administration of prednisolone

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 495-498

  Chiba, S ^a,b   Hatanaka, Y ^a   Ohkubo, Y ^a   Nonaka, M ^a   Kashiwagi, M ^a   Imai, T ^a   Matsumoto, H ^a   Satoh, M ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial injection; Focal myositis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prednisolone

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GAIT DISORDER; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0033397960     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100670050146     Document Type: Article

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