Major histocompatibility complex class I expression can be used as a diagnostic tool to differentiate idiopathic inflammatory myopathies from dystrophies

Neurology India

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 363-367

  Sundaram, C ^a   Uppin, Megha ^a   Meena, A ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Inclusion body myositis; Inflammatory myopathies; Major histocompatibility complex; Muscular dystrophy; Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOSITIS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; POLYMYOSITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOLEMMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MYOSITIS; MYOSITIS, INCLUSION BODY; POLYMYOSITIS; SARCOLEMMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56049090308     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.43457     Document Type: Article

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