Inclusion body myositis involving the diaphragm: Report of a pathologically confirmed case

Neurology India

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-67

  Martin, Sarah E ^a   Gondim, Dibson D ^a   Hattab, Eyas M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOFIBROSIS;

ADULT; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOSITIS, INCLUSION BODY;

EID: 84896953968     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.128313     Document Type: Letter

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