Macrophagic myofascitis associated with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 987-989

  Migita, Kiyoshi ^a   Ueda Nakata, Ruka ^a   Masuda, Tomoko ^a,b   Miyashita, Taichiro ^a   Koga, Tomohiro ^a   Izumi, Yasumori ^a   Ichinose, Katsuhiro ^a   Ezaki, Hironori ^a   Ito, Masahiro ^b   Motomura, Masakatsu ^c   Eguchi, Katsumi ^c  

^a Clinical Research Center   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Macrophage; Myofascitis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CD68 ANTIGEN; CREATINE KINASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGIC MYOFASCIITIS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VACCINATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOPSY; FASCIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEG; MACROPHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; MYOSITIS; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955095072     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1015-3     Document Type: Article

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