MRI of skeletal muscles in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: characteristic findings and diagnostic performance in dermatomyositis

Objective To define the characteristic findings on MRI of skeletal muscles in patients with dermatomyositis (DM) relative to those in patients with other idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) and to assess their diagnostic performance in DM.Methods Thirty-six patients with DM, 17 patients with a...

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Main Authors: Satoshi Matsushima, Taro Ukichi, Ken Yoshida, Go Kawakami, Kentaro Noda, Kazuhiro Furuya, Daitaro Kurosaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-06-01
Series:RMD Open
Online Access:https://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000850.full
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