A comparison of inflammatory myopathies at whole-body turbo STIR MRI

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 261-267

  Cantwell, C ^a   Ryan, M ^a   O'Connell, M ^a   Cunningham, P ^a   Brennan, D ^a   Costigan, D ^a   Lynch, T ^a   Eustace, S ^a  

^a CAPPAGH NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RASH; SKIN EDEMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; MYOSITIS, INCLUSION BODY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 12344263630     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2004.06.027     Document Type: Article

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