Myositis in primary Sjögren's syndrome: Clinical and pathological report

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-61

  Aoki, Akiko ^a,b   Ono, Shigeru ^a   Ueda, Atsuhisa ^a   Hagiwara, Eri ^a   Tsuji, Takashi ^a   Misumi, Midori ^a   Ideguchi, Haruko ^a   Takeda, Yukiko ^a   Ishigatsubo, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Miura Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Myositis; Polymyositis; Prednisolone; Primary Sj gren's syndrome (SS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; MUSCLE ENZYME; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0042674004     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101650300008     Document Type: Article

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