Skeletal muscle pathology in 2 siblings infected with Toxoplasma gondii

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1556-1559

  Calore, Edenilson Eduardo ^a,b   Minkovski, Ricardo ^b   Khoury, Zarifa ^b   Seguro, Antonio Carlos ^b   Perez Calore, Nilda Maria ^b   Cavaliere, Maria José ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Infectious myopathies; Inflammatory myopathies; Muscle fiber necrosis; Polymyositis; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DIGOXIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOCARDITIS; MYOPATHY; MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SIBLING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0034130031     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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