Needle electromyographic findings in 98 patients with myositis

European Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 183-188

  Blijham, Paul J ^a   Hengstman, Gerald J D ^a   Hama Amin, Ako Dara ^a   Van Engelen, Baziel G M ^a   Zwarts, Machiel J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Electromyography; Inclusion body myositis; Myositis; Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MYOSITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ARM; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEG; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; MYOSITIS, INCLUSION BODY; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYMYOSITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33746786783     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093866     Document Type: Article

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