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Dermatomyositis

Known as: Polymyositis with skin involvement, Dermatomyositides, POLYMYOSITIS/DERMATOMYOSITIS 
A subacute or chronic inflammatory disease of muscle and skin, marked by proximal muscle weakness and a characteristic skin rash. The illness occurs… 
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Narrower (3)

Adult type dermatomyositisAmyopathic dermatomyositisDermatomyositis, Childhood Type
Autoimmune DiseasesColagenosisCollagen DiseasesComplement Component 4a Deficiency

Broader (2)

Connective Tissue DiseasesPolymyositis

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Review
2000
Review
2000
Dermatomyositis after interferon alpha treatment
An association between auto-immune disorders and interferon (IFN) has been reported. High levels of natural IFNα are present in… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Muscle involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: clinicopathological study of 21 symptomatic cases.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Adjunctive use of hydroxychloroquine in childhood dermatomyositis.
We examined retrospectively the use of hydroxychloroquine in 9 patients with childhood dermatomyositis (DM). These patients had… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Intravenous pulse methylprednisolone treatment of juvenile dermatomyositis.
Recent observations that juvenile dermatomyositis (JDMS) may be a heterogenous disorder, in both its clinical course and… 
Review
1981
Review
1981
Musculoskeletal syndromes associated with malignancy.
Review
1980
Review
1980
A histologic evaluation of mixed connective tissue disease in childhood.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
RUBELLA-VIRUS INFECTION IN JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Rheumatic disease sera reactive with capillaries in the mouse kidney.
With an immunofluorescent technic using tissue sections of mouse kidney as substrate, sera from patients with rheumatic diseases… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Interpreting Chemical Pathology
Ionizing radiation is all around us and we are all liable to be exposed to increasing amounts. AMart from the all too obvious… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Humoral syndromes associated with cancer.
Summary Neoplasia of a tissue occasionally results in the production of a substance with hormonal activity similar to that… 
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