Number, characteristics, and classification of patients with dermatomyositis seen by dermatology and rheumatology departments at a large tertiary medical center

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 937-943

  Klein, Rhonda Q ^a   Teal, Valerie ^b   Taylor, Lynne ^b   Troxel, Andrea B ^a,b   Werth, Victoria P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; JO 1 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMYOPATHIC DERMATOMYOSITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOLOGY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOMYOPATHIC DERMATOMYOSITIS; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; DERMATOLOGY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 36049043421     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.08.024     Document Type: Article

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