Magnetic resonance imaging of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: Structural and clinical aspects

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1154, Issue , 2009, Pages 101-114

  Curiel, Rodolfo Victor ^a,b   Jones, Robert ^a   Brindle, Kathleen ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammatory myopathies; MRI; Myopathy

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 60549101064     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04386.x     Document Type: Review

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