Calcinosis cutis: A rare feature of adult dermatomyositis

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Lobo, Ins Machado Moreira ^a   Machado, Susana ^a   Teixeira, Marta ^a   Selores, Manuela ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ALUMINUM ANTACID DERIVATIVE; ANTACID AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLOROQUINE; DILTIAZEM; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SKIN SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CALCINOSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASE;

CALCINOSIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 38749127522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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