Generalized acute subcutaneous edema as a rare cutaneous manifestation of severe dermatomyositis

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2016, Pages e151-e152

  Watanabe, M ^a   Natsuga, K ^a   Arita, K ^a   Abe, R ^a   Shimizu, H ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; DERMATOMYOSITIS; EDEMA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ACUTE SUBCUTANEOUS EDEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; DERMATOMYOSITIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 84949033428     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jdv.13460     Document Type: Letter

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