Polymyositis: Not a unicorn or mythological beast⋯but maybe a duck?

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 414-415

  Kissel, John T ^a,b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MYOSITIS; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

BIOPSY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; MYOSITIS, INCLUSION BODY; POLYMYOSITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 40349108768     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000299087.17204.6d     Document Type: Editorial

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