Anasarca: Not a nephrotic syndrome but dermatomyositis

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 831-834

  Zedan, Magdy ^a   El Ayouty, Moustafa ^a   Abdel Hady, Hesham ^a   Shouman, Basma ^a   El Assmy, Mohamed ^a   Fouda, Ashraf ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Case report; Generalized anasarca; Juvenile dermatomyositis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUSCLE ENZYME; PREDNISOLONE;

ANASARCA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHEMA; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GENERALIZED EDEMA; HUMAN; JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME;

EID: 44349133349     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-008-0716-z     Document Type: Article

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