Localized calcinosis in juvenile dermatomyositis: Successful treatment with intralesional corticosteroids injection

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Al Mayouf, Sulaiman M ^a   Alsonbul, Abdullah ^a   Alismail, Khalid ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIDOCAINE; METHOTREXATE; MUSCLE ENZYME; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PREDNISONE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DYSPHAGIA; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRASOUND;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955384233     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2010.01483.x     Document Type: Article

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