Whole-body MRI: A helpful diagnostic tool for juvenile dermatomyositis case report and review of the literature

Rheumatology International

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1511-1514

  Tzaribachev, Nikolay ^a   Well, C ^a   Schedel, J ^a   Horger, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WHOLE BODY MRI;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 69049092637     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-0890-y     Document Type: Article

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