Clinical features, laboratory findings and differential diagnosis of benign acute childhood myositis

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1493-1494

  Zafeiriou, D I ^a   Katzos, G ^a   Gombakis, N ^a   Kontopoulos, E E ^a   Tsantali, C ^a  

^a NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benign acute myositis; Calf tenderness; Childhood; Gait abnormality; Raised CK

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MYALGIA; MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATINE KINASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOSITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034515720     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352500456714     Document Type: Article

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