Polymyositis masquerading as motor neuron disease

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1001-1003

  Ryan, Aisling ^a   Nor, Azli M ^a   Costigan, Donal ^b   Foley Nolan, Daragh ^c   El Rafie, Ahmed ^c   Farrell, Michael A ^a   Hardiman, Orla ^a,b  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE;

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DELTOID MUSCLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OROPHARYNX; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; AZATHIOPRINE; BIOPSY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMYOSITIS; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 0038714102     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.7.1001     Document Type: Article

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