Assessment of Inflammation in Idiopathic Orbital Myositis With Fat-Suppressed T2-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 718-720

  Kubota, Toshinobu ^a   Kano, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGOYA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EVALUATION; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL, ORBITAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; ORBIT; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947399302     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.11.023     Document Type: Article

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