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Research ArticleVasculitis

Localized Myofascial Inflammation Revealed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Recent-onset Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Effect of Tocilizumab Therapy

Jean-Patrick Laporte, Florent Garrigues, Anaïs Huwart, Sandrine Jousse-Joulin, Thierry Marhadour, Dewi Guellec, Divi Cornec, Valérie Devauchelle-Pensec and Alain Saraux
The Journal of Rheumatology December 2019, 46 (12) 1619-1626; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.180958
Jean-Patrick Laporte
From the Radiology department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Brest; Rheumatology department, Centre National de Référence des Maladies Auto-Immunes Rares (CERAINO), CHU Brest; INSERM UMR 1227, Laboratoire d’Immunothérapie et Pathologies lymphocytaires B, Labex Immunotherapy, Graft, Oncology, Université de Brest, Brest, France.
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