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Elvina Ingrid1, Mathuja Bavanendrakumar2, Shereen Oon2

  • 1Department of Rheumatology, Western Health, 160 Gordon Street, Footscray, VIC 3011 Australia; Department of Rheumatology, Austin Health, Level 1 North Wing Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, 300 Waterdale Road, Heidelberg Heights, VIC 3081, Australia; Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, 41 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, VIC 3065 Australia.

概括

系统性硬化症肌肉病常常被标准测试遗漏. 肌肉成像,特别是MRI,可以检测炎症和缩变化,这表明其在诊断这种疾病中的价值.

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