Typical nemaline bodies presenting in a patient with polymyositis

Medical Electron Microscopy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 167-172

  Sun, A Ping ^a   Ohtsuki, Y ^a   Yano, Tetsuro ^b   Matsumoto, Manabu ^a   Takeuchi, Tamotsu ^a   Furihata, Mutsuo ^a   Arahori, Momo ^a   Sonobe, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b MATSUYAMA SHIMIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Nemaline body; Polymyositis; Ultrastructure; Actinin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTIN; AZATHIOPRINE; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SARCOLEMMA; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036711128     PISSN: 09184287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007950200021     Document Type: Article

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