Severe dermatomyositis with pronounced generalized subcutaneous edema and dysphagia: A rare manifestation of a highly active disease

Dermatologica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 97-100

  Peng, Amy Chia Ying ^a   Huang, Chien Hun ^a   Lin, Tsy Sheng ^a   Lee, Julia Yu Yun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

anasarca; corticosteroids; dermatomyositis; generalized edema; oropharyngeal dysphagia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GENERALIZED EDEMA; GENERALIZED SUBCUTANEOUS EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB SWELLING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84901234647     PISSN: 10278117     EISSN: 2223330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsi.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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