Change in muscle volume after steroid therapy in patients with myositis assessed using cross-sectional computed tomography

Steroid therapy, a key therapy for inflammatory, allergic, and immunological disorders, is often associated with steroid myopathy as one of the side effects. Steroid therapy is considered the first-line therap...

Source: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders - March 27, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Takashi Nawata, Makoto Kubo, Takafumi Nomura, Keiji Oishi, Kosaku Shiragami, Tadayoshi Ikegami, Munemasa Okada, Shigeki Kobayashi and Masafumi Yano Tags: Research article Source Type: research