Increased fascial thickness of the deltoid muscle in dermatomyositis and polymyositis: An ultrasound study

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 534-539

  Bhansing, Kavish J ^a   Van Rosmalen, Marieke H ^a   Van Engelen, Baziel G ^a   Vonk, Madelon C ^a   Van Riel, Piet L ^a   Pillen, Sigrid ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fascia; Fasciitis; Inflammatory myopathy; Myositis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MYOSITIS; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DELTOID MUSCLE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYOSITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942199276     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24595     Document Type: Article

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