STIR MRI to direct muscle biopsy in suspected idiopathic inflammatory myopathy

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 341-345

  Connor, Andrew ^a,b   Stebbings, Simon ^a   Anne Hung, Noelyn ^a   Hammond Tooke, Graeme ^a   Meikle, Grant ^a   Highton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Inflammatory myopathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle biopsy; STIR

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TAMOXIFEN; TROPONIN T; UREA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST CARCINOMA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOSITIS; NEUTROPHILIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 37849050570     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e31815dca0a     Document Type: Article

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