Systemic lupus erythematosus and dermatomyositis with symptomatic bilateral sacroiliitis: An unusual and interesting association

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-86

  Chandrasekhara, Pradeep Kumar Shenoy ^a   Jayachandran, Nambiar Veettil ^a   Thomas, Joe ^a   Narsimulu, Gumdal ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Lupoid sacroarthropathy; Overlap syndrome; Sacroiliitis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALENDRONIC ACID; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE SULFATE; INDOMETACIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; JOINT SWELLING; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SACROILIITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTHRITIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; SACROILIAC JOINT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60149109319     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-008-0120-6     Document Type: Article

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