A fatal presentation of dermatomyositis with facial swelling

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 745-749

  Dwivedi, Nishant ^a   Michael, Christie ^a   Lew, D Betty ^a   Arnold, Sandra ^a   Igarashi, Masanori ^a   Bertorini, Tulio ^a   Thompson, Jerome W ^a   Myers, Linda K ^a   Brown, Monica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Edema; Juvenile; Periorbital; Sinusitis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFDINIR; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; Z PAK;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHEMA; EYE DISCHARGE; EYE DISCOMFORT; FACE EDEMA; FATALITY; FEVER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKALEMIA; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; EDEMA; FACE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84863410049     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2012.01.037     Document Type: Article

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