Juvenile dermatomyositis presenting with periorbital edema

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 393-395

  Taban, Mehryar ^a   Perry, Julian D ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORBITAL DISEASES;

EID: 33748951948     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.iop.0000230271.21976.0d     Document Type: Article

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