Juvenile dermatomyositis with tongue calcinosis and poor growth

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 997-

  Maritsi, Despoina ^a   Leahy, A ^a   Pilkington, C A ^a  

^a Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; STEROID;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE CALCINOSIS; TONGUE DISEASE;

CALCINOSIS; CHILD; DERMATOMYOSITIS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 78649880505     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.188318     Document Type: Article

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