Polymyositis and dermatomyositis in Sarawak: A profile of patients treated in the Sarawak general hospital

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 265-268

  Teh, C L ^a   Wong, J S ^a   Soo, H H ^b  

^a Jalan Hospital   (Malaysia)

^b Soo's Neurology Clinic   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Malignancy; Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MALAYSIA; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NECK WEAKNESS; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; BIOPSY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMYOSITIS; PREDNISOLONE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857113447     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1745-2     Document Type: Article

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