A severe case of subacute sarcoid myositis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 140-144

  Takuma, Hiroshi ^a,b   Murayama, Shigeo ^a,c   Watanabe, Masahiko ^a,d   Saito, Yuko ^a   Ugawa, Yoshikazu ^a   Kanazawa, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

High creatine kinase; Immunohistochemical analysis; MRI; Sarcoid myositis; Subacute

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CREATINE KINASE; LYMPHOCYTE SURFACE MARKER; MYOGLOBIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPH NODE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0034655516     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(00)00293-8     Document Type: Article

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