Semi-quantitative thigh magnetic resonance imaging scores in assessing disease activity and determining long-term clinical outcome in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: a causal mediation analysis.
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4208302
Abstract: OBJECTIVES To evaluate the relationship of thigh magnetic resonance imaging (t-MRI) with manual muscle testing-8 (MMT-8), muscle enzymes and autoantibodies. To determine the causal and mediating factors resulting in poor recovery of MMT-8 in inflammatory… read more here.
Keywords: magnetic resonance; fatty infiltration; muscle; atrophy ... See more keywords