Clinical significance of magnetic resonance imaging of skeletal muscles in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies of adults

Ryumachi

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 881-890

  Nishikai, M ^a   Akiya, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Focal myositis; Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies; Magnetic resonane imaging (MRI); Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EDEMA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; JAPAN; LIPOMATOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOFIBROSIS; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMYOSITIS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS;

EID: 0034489565     PISSN: 03009157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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