Digital infarcts showing microangiopathy in adult dermatomyositis suggest severe pulmonary involvement and poor prognosis [3]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1214-1216

  Tjiu, J W ^a   Lin, S J ^a   Wang, L F ^a   Shih, J Y ^a   Yu, C J ^a   Liang, C W ^a   Chu, C Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFARCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INTERSTITIUM; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RASH;

ADULT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

EID: 3142708562     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.05979.x     Document Type: Letter

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