Non-necrotizing autoimmune myopathy with pipestem type capillaries - a light and electron microscopic study

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-86

  Janzen, Rudolf Wilhelm Christian ^a   Weber, Michael ^b   Schlote, Wolfgang ^a,c  

^a KRANKENHAUS NORDWEST   (Germany)

^b Clinic of Internal Medicine II (Cardiology Angiology)   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune myopathy; Connective tissue disease; Electron microscopy; Pipestem type capillaries; Steroid responsive

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE MYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CAPILLARY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYOSITIS; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CAPILLARIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MYOSITIS;

EID: 84864003875     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/np300395     Document Type: Article

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