Neuromuscular Disorders
Volume 19, Issue 12 , Pages 853-855 , December 2009

Isolated inflammatory myopathy with rimmed vacuoles presenting with dropped head

  • Hiroshi Kataoka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Neurology, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan. Tel.: +81 744 29 8860; fax: +81 744 24 6065.
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  • Kazuma Sugie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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  • Mari Terashima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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  • Munehisa Koizumi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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  • Hirosei Horikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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  • Ichizo Nishino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Ikuya Nonaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Satoshi Ueno

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

Received 12 May 2009 ,Revised 13 August 2009 ,Accepted 19 August 2009.

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PII: S0960-8966(09)00587-2

doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2009.08.006

Neuromuscular Disorders
Volume 19, Issue 12 , Pages 853-855 , December 2009

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