A case of dermato-fasciitis: Amyopathic dermatomyositis associated with fasciitis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-162

  Tsuruta, Yuko ^a   Ikezoe, Koji ^a   Nakagaki, Hideaki ^a   Shigeto, Hiroshi ^a   Kawajiri, Masakazu ^a   Ohyagi, Yasumasa ^a   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyopathic dermatomyositis; Dermato fasciitis; Fascitis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHEMA; FASCIA; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LIMB PAIN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342436665     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-003-0824-0     Document Type: Article

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