Prevalence of sporadic inclusion body myositis in Western Australia

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 970-972

  Phillips, Beverley A ^a   Zilko, Paul J ^a,b   Mastaglia, Frank L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inclusion body myositis; Prevalence; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034098406     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200006)23:6<970::AID-MUS20>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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