Skeletal muscle involvement in progressive systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
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Skeletal muscle involvement in systemic sclerosis.
The nature and extent of muscle involvement in systemic sclerosis has been the subject of considerable controversy from which it is difficult to form a coherent concept. Clinical evaluation yields an estimate of significant abnormality, varying from none (Norton, Hurd, and Ziff, 1966) to over 60 per cent. (Medsger and Rodnan, 1966). Serum enzyme studies appear to be of little value, since the a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 1968
ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780110405