Adult onset polymyositis/dermatomyositis: an analysis of clinical and laboratory features and survival in 76 patients with a review of the literature

Semin Arthritis Rheum. 1986 Feb;15(3):168-78. doi: 10.1016/0049-0172(86)90014-4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Antibodies, Antinuclear / isolation & purification
  • Connective Tissue Diseases / complications
  • Dermatomyositis / complications
  • Dermatomyositis / diagnosis*
  • Dermatomyositis / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Heart Diseases / complications
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscles / enzymology
  • Myositis / complications
  • Myositis / diagnosis*
  • Myositis / therapy
  • Neoplasms / complications
  • Prognosis
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / complications

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Antibodies, Antinuclear