Juvenile dermatomyositis with a rare and remarkable complication: Sinus bradycardia

Rheumatology International

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-182

  Karaca, Neslihan Edeer ^a   Aksu, Guzide ^a   Yeniay, Betul Sozeri ^a   Kutukculer, Necil ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Juvenile dermatomyositis; Sinus node involvement

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS NODE; SKIN DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 33846142502     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-006-0191-7     Document Type: Article

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