Assessment of active inflammation in juvenile dermatomyositis: A novel magnetic resonance imaging-based scoring system

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2237-2244

  Davis, Warren R ^a,d   Halls, James E ^b   Offiah, Amaka C ^c,e   Pilkington, Clarissa ^c   Owens, Catherine M ^c   Rosendahl, Karen ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Juvenile dermatomyositis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Reproducibility; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE; THIGH;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 82355175350     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker262     Document Type: Article

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