Chronic myositis with cardiomyopathy and respiratory failure associated with mild form of organ-specific autoimmune diseases

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1917-1919

  Tanaka, Keiko ^a,b   Sato, A ^a   Kasuga, K ^a   Kanazawa, M ^a   Yanagawa, K ^a   Umeda, M ^a   Tada, M ^a   Tanaka, M ^a   Nishizawa, M ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Chronic myositis; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Respiratory muscle weakness; Scleroderma

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYALGIA; MYOSITIS; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; MYOSITIS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34948844617     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0698-7     Document Type: Article

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