Features of polymyositis and dermatomyositis in the elderly: A case- control study

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 241-244

  Pautas, Eric ^a   Chérin, Patrick ^a   Piette, Jean Charles ^a   Pelletier, Sophie ^a   Wechsler, Bertrand ^a   Cabane, Jean ^b   Herson, Serge ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Elderly; Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREATINE KINASE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYOSITIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0342369448     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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