Calcinosis Cutis Complicating Adult-Onset Dermatomyositis [5]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 365-366

  Weinel, Sarah ^a   Callen, Jeffrey P ^b  

^a Univ of Louisville Sch of Medicine ^*

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE; DILTIAZEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; MUCIN; MUSCLE ENZYME; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; PROBENECID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAIL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PAPULE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POIKILODERMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILTIAZEM; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PREDNISONE;

EID: 1542514926     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.3.365     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

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