Keratotic palmar papules in a dermatomyositis patient preceding the development of interstitial pneumonia [4]

Dermatology

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-170

  Sasaki, Yoshinori ^a   Okuyama, Ryuhei ^a,c   Tsunoda, Takahiko ^b   Tagami, Hachiro ^a   Aiba, Setsuya ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Yamagata City Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Gottron's papules; Mechanic's hands; Palmar papules

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; KERATOSIS PALMARIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY;

DERMATOMYOSITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34547802245     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104272     Document Type: Letter

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