Unexplained muscle atrophy as the unique preceding symptom of bilateral linear morphea

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-311

  Bockle B C ^a   Willeit, J ^a   Freund, M ^a   Sepp, N T ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR SCLERODERMA; MALE; MORPHEA; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOPSY; LOCALIZED SCLERODERMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BALNEOLOGY; BIOPSY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED;

EID: 61549133891     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.153734     Document Type: Article

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