Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: A rare complication of juvenile dermatomyositis

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Dogra, Shivani ^a   Suri, Deepti ^a   Shah, Ravi ^a   Rawat, Amit ^a   Singh, Surjit ^a   Sodhi, Kushaljit S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EDITORIAL; FACE RASH; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ULCER; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; VASCULITIC RASH;

CHILD; DERMATOMYOSITIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 84867903403     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2011.01603.x     Document Type: Editorial

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