Case 104: Calcinosis in juvenile dermatomyositis

Radiology

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 307-311

  Agarwal, Vikas ^a,b   Sachdev, Atul ^a   Dabra, Ajay Kumar ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; PREDNISOLONE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DELTOID MUSCLE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETON RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN NODULE; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; URINALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 33845650589     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2421040423     Document Type: Article

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