Successful immunosuppressive treatment of dermatomyositis: A nailfold capillaroscopy survey

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 443-445

  Riccieri, Valeria ^a   Vasile, Massimiliano ^a   Macri, Valeria ^a   Sciarra, Iliana ^a   Stefanantoni, Katia ^a   De Luca, Nicoletta ^a   Di Franco, Manuela ^a   Spadaro, Antonio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DESQUAMATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; NAILS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76649086975     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090841     Document Type: Article

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