Incidence of dermatomyositis and clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis: A population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-30

  Bendewald, Margo J ^a   Wetter, David A ^b   Li, Xujian ^b   Davis, Mark D P ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICALLY AMYOPATHIC DERMATOMYOSITIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; BIOPSY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 74549150155     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.328     Document Type: Article

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