Severe adult dermatomyositis with unusual calcinosis

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2024-

  Garel, Bethsabée ^a   Barète, Stéphane ^a   Rigolet, Aude ^a   Pelletier, François Le ^a   Benveniste, Olivier ^a   Hervier, Baptiste ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PANNICULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RELAPSE; SKIN BIOPSY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84946747318     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kev287     Document Type: Note

References (2)

1. Gunawardena H, Wedderburn LR, Chinoy H et al. Autoantibodies to a 140-kd protein in juvenile dermatomyositis are associated with calcinosis. Arthritis Rheum 2009;60:1807-14.
2. Balin SJ, Wetter DA, Andersen LK et al. Calcinosis cutis occurring in association with autoimmune connective tissue disease: the Mayo Clinic experience with 78 patients, 1996-2009. Arch Dermatol 2012;148:455-62.