Juvenile dermatomyositis presenting with anasarca

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1353-1356

  Saygi, Semra ^a,b   Alehan, Füsun ^a   Baskin, Esra ^a   Bayrakci, Umut Selda ^a   Ulu, Esra Meltem Kayahan ^a   Ozbek, Namik ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anasarca; Juvenile dermatomyositis

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ANASARCA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELANGIECTASIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; EDEMA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHOTREXATE;

EID: 54549083537     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808318544     Document Type: Article

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