Dermatomyositis and Whipple's disease

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 46-51

  Helliwell, T R ^a   Appleton, R E ^b   Mapstone, N C ^c   Davidson, J ^b   Walsh, K P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Dermatomyositis; Skeletal muscle disease; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VERAPAMIL;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; TACHYCARDIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 0033988403     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(99)00054-1     Document Type: Article

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