Juvenile dermatomyositis: Correlation of MRI at presentation with clinical outcome

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ladd, Patricia E ^a,b   Emery, Kathleen H ^a   Salisbury, Shelia R ^a   Laor, Tal ^a   Lovell, Daniel J ^a   Bove, Kevin E ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Northwest Radiology Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Fat; MRI; Muscle; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FASCIA DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL DETECTION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SYMPTOM; THIGH;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79960519980     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5337     Document Type: Article

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