Polymyositis: An Ongoing Discussion about a Disease Entity

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 132-135

  Bronner, Irene M ^a   Linssen, Wim H J P ^a   Van Der Meulen, Marjon F G ^b   Hoogendijk, Jessica E ^b   De Visser, Marianne ^c  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTISONE; CREATINE KINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; METHOTREXATE; NEOSTIGMINE; PREDNISONE; QUINIDINE; UBIQUITIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WHEAT GERM;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMYOSITIS;

EID: 0347319187     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.1.132     Document Type: Review

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