SonoGraphic monitoring of severe focal B-cell myositis of the anterior calf muscle responsive to rituximab

Muscle Nerve. 2015 Nov;52(5):911-3. doi: 10.1002/mus.24751.

Authors

Christiane Schneider-Gold¹, Christos Krogias¹, Clemens Neusch², Martin Hasselblatt³, Ralf Gold¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
² Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Germany.
³ Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.

PMID: 26112150
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24751

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

B-Lymphocytes* / drug effects
Humans
Leg / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Middle Aged
Muscle, Skeletal / diagnostic imaging*
Muscle, Skeletal / drug effects
Myositis / diagnostic imaging*
Myositis / drug therapy*
Rituximab / pharmacology
Rituximab / therapeutic use*
Severity of Illness Index
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography

Substances

Rituximab