Increasing recognition of dermatomyositis with subcutaneous edema - is this a poorer prognostic marker?

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tu, Jenny ^a   McLean Tooke, Andrew ^a   Junckerstorff, Reimar ^b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Muscle weakness; Myositis; Subcutaneous edema

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; DOXYCYCLINE; IBUPROFEN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN; AUTOANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FACE EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUCINOSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; MYOSITIS; NECK; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PROGNOSIS; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG COMBINATION; EDEMA; IMMUNOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EDEMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84892704266     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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