Acute onset of dermatomyositis presenting in pregnancy with rhabdomyolysis and fetal loss

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 192-194

  Kofteridis, D P ^a   Malliotakis, P I ^a   Sotsiou, F ^b   Vardakis, N K ^a   Vamvakas, L N ^a   Emmanouel, D S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Myoglobinuria; Pregnancy; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MYOGLOBINURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BIOPSY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDNISOLONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0033065495     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009749950154301     Document Type: Article

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