Necrotising myopathy, an unusual presentation of a steroid-responsive myopathy

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 480-485

  Bronner, I M ^a   Hoogendijk, J E ^b   Wintzen, A R ^c   Van Der Meulen, M F G ^b   Linssen, W H J P ^a   Wokke, J H J ^b   De Visser, M ^d  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies; Mononuclear cell infiltrate; Necrotising myopathy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATINE KINASE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYOSITIS; NECROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEROIDS;

EID: 0344942638     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-1027-y     Document Type: Article

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