Diffusion tensor imaging in evaluation of thigh muscles in patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1043, 2014, Pages

  Ai, T ^a   Yu, K ^b   Gao, L ^a   Zhang, P ^a   Goerner, F ^c   Runge, V M ^d   Li, X ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d University Hospital Zurich Institut fur Diagnostische Radiologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYMYOSITIS; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMYOSITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908703238     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: 1748880X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20140261     Document Type: Article

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