Severe dermatomyositis with rhabdomyolysis and paralytic ileus: A case successfully treated with plasmapheresis and intravenous immunoglobulin [10]

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 697-698

  Fukunaga, E ^a   Kunishige, Makoto ^a   Mitsui, T ^a   Endo, I ^a   Oshima, Y ^a   Ohnishi, Y ^a   Kuroda, Y ^a   Hara, S ^a   Matsumoto, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Ileus; IVIG; Myoglobinuria; Plasma exchange

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYOGLOBIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DYSPHAGIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; VOMITING; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0036835855     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2002.00447_10.x     Document Type: Letter

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