A case of juvenile dermatomyositis with severe calcinosis and successful treatment with prednisone and diltiazem

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-77

  Jiang, Xian ^a   Yi, Qin ^a   Liu, Dehua ^a   Wang, Sheng ^a   Li, Li ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM SALT; CREATINE KINASE; DILTIAZEM; HYDROXYBUTYRATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREDNISONE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELID ERYTHEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSISTIS; JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CALCINOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAPULE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN NODULE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHILD; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DILTIAZEM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; PREDNISONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650535128     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.04449.x     Document Type: Article

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