An autopsy case of dermatomyositis with rapidly progressive diffuse alveolar damage

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-36

  Nobutoh, Toshiko ^a   Kohda, Mamoru ^a   Doi, Yumiko ^a   Ueki, Hiroaki ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Diffuse alveolar damage; Interstitial pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR DAMAGE; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG INJURY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031905572     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1998.tb02342.x     Document Type: Article

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