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Neurological picture
Increased muscle FDG-PET uptake in dermatomyositis
  1. Dimitri Renard1,
  2. Laura Chiper1,
  3. Laurent Collombier2,
  4. Pierre Labauge1
  1. 1Department of Neurology, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Caremeau, Place du Pr Debré, Nîmes, France
  2. 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Caremeau, Place du Pr Debré, Nîmes, France
  1. Correspondence to Dr Dimitri Renard, Department of Neurology, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Caremeau, Place du Pr Debré, 30029 Nîmes Cedex 4, France; dimitrirenard{at}hotmail.com

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2011-301712

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