Dermatomyositis

UNLABELLED: Dermatomyositis is an idiopathic inflammatory disease affecting proximal skeletal muscles and the skin. The manifestation can be acute (over weeks) or chronic (over months to years). Dermatomyositis affects children as well as adults. Very helpful for the diagnosis are laboratory, clinical, EMG and histopathological tests. The disease responds positively to corticosteroid, immunosuppressive or immunoglobulin therapy. Three various cases of DM are described in this article.

KEY WORDS: dermatomyositis , symptoms, diagnostic criteria, treatment.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:155

Enthalten in:

Casopis lekaru ceskych - 155(2016), 4 vom: 04., Seite 29-33

Sprache:

Tschechisch

Weiterer Titel:

Dermatomyozitída

Beteiligte Personen:

Gruntová, Zuzana [VerfasserIn]
Drlík, Lubomír [VerfasserIn]
Slezáková, Lenka [VerfasserIn]
Paťavová, Veronika [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Immunosuppressive Agents
Journal Article
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 30.06.2017

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM263026574