Two patients with polymyositis or dermatomyositis complicated with massive pleural effusion

Internal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1058-1063

  Miyata, Masayuki ^a   Fukaya, Etsuko ^a   Takagi, Tadayuki ^a   Watanabe, Kenya ^a   Saito, Hiroyuki ^a   Ito, Masayuki ^a   Yoshioka, Ryoji ^a   Kazuta, Yoshihiro ^a   Yusa, Yukie ^a   Irisawa, Atsushi ^a   Sato, Yukio ^a   Nishimaki, Tomoe ^a   Kumakawa, Hiromi ^b   Kasukawa, Reiji ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Soma Public Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Hydrothorax; Hypothyroidism; Interstitial pneumonia; Pleuritis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; CYCLOSPORIN; FUROSEMIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYOGLOBIN; PREDNISOLONE; RNA ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURISY; POLYMYOSITIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032464578     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.1058     Document Type: Article

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