Quantitative muscle ultrasound: A potential tool for assessment of disease activity in juvenile dermatomyositis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 339-341

  Bhansing, K J ^a   Hoppenreijs, E P ^b   Janssen, A J ^a   Van Royen Kerkhof, A ^c   Nijhuis Van Der Sanden, M W ^a   Van Riel, P L C M ^a   Pillen, S ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ARM MUSCLE; CALCIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; REMISSION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84905443830     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2013.879674     Document Type: Letter

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