Bilateral ocular myositis as a late complication of dermatomyositis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 379-381

  Kokotis, Panagiotis ^a,b   Theodossiadis, Panagiotis ^a   Bouros, Christos ^a   Sfikakis, Petros P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Immunoglobulin therapy; Ocular myositis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; EXTRAOCULAR MYOSITIS; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYOSITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13444309107     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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