Pneumomediastinum in dermatomyositis itself is not a poor prognostic factor: Report of a case and review of the literature

Rheumatology International

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 913-917

  Yoshida, Ken ^a   Kurosaka, Daitaro ^a   Kingetsu, Isamu ^a   Hirai, Kenichiro ^a   Yamada, Akio ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Dermatomyositis; Interstitial lung disease; Pneumomediastinum; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RASH; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CYCLOSPORINE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 51749125915     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-008-0548-1     Document Type: Article

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