Amyopathic dermatomyositis complicated by interstitial pulmonary disease and pneumomediastinum

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2042-2043

  Santiago, Mittermayer B ^a   Chalhoub, Marcelo ^a   Pereira, Sérgio Tadeu ^a  

^a ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FATALITY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LETTER; MALE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031752112     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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