Clinical spectrum of inflammatory myositis in South India - A ten year study

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1255-1258

  Porkodi, R ^a   Shanmuganandan, K ^a   Parthiban, M ^a   Madhavan, Radha ^a   Rajendran, P ^a  

^a MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036824365     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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