Pericardial tamponade as the first manifestation of dermatopolymyositis

Annales de Medecine Interne

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 464-466

  Chraibi, Said ^a  

^a IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cardiac involvment; Dermatomyositis; Pericarditis; Polymyositis; Tamponade

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIOTOMY; POLYMYOSITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; BIOPSY; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIAL WINDOW TECHNIQUES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STEROIDS;

EID: 0032413362     PISSN: 0003410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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