Resistant dermatomyositis complicated by tubercular myositis and successfully treated with rituximab

Neurology India

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 306-307

  Jois, Ramesh ^a   Vasudevan, Nikhila ^b   Srinivasan, Pradeep ^a   Mehta, Ravindra ^a  

^a FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Samarpan Health Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATINE KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RASH; TUBERCULAR MYOSITIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79955412856     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.79163     Document Type: Letter

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