Isolated sarcoid myopathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 553-556

  Berger, Christian ^a   Sommer, Clemens ^a   Meinck, Hans M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Granulomas; Myopathy; Myositis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CALCIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0036788669     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10220     Document Type: Article

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