Severe cardiac involvement in children with systemic sclerosis and myositis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1767-1773

  Quartier, Pierre ^a   Bonnet, Damien ^a   Fournet, Jean Christophe ^a   Bodemer, Christine ^a   Acar, Philippe ^a   Ouacheé Chardin, Marie ^a   Le Bidois, Jérome ^a   Prieur, Anne Marie ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Child; Heart transplantation; Immunosuppression; Myositis; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLAMINE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MORTALITY; MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMYOSITIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASES; POLYMYOSITIS; PREDNISONE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HUMANS;

EID: 0036021161     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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