Toxoplasmic myositis as a presenting manifestation of idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 761-765

  Plonquet, Anne ^a   Bassez, Guillaume ^a   Authier, François Jérôme ^a   Dray, Jean Marc ^b   Farcet, Jean Pierre ^a   Gherardi, Romain K ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

CD4+ regulatory T cells; Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia; Polymyositis; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYALGIA; MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTOPENIA, IDIOPATHIC CD4-POSITIVE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0038546959     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10376     Document Type: Article

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