Polymyositis and dermatomyositis (second of two parts)

N Engl J Med. 1975 Feb 20;292(8):403-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197502202920807.
No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Atrophy
  • Autoantibodies / analysis
  • Biopsy
  • Child
  • Creatine Kinase / blood
  • Dermatomyositis* / diagnosis
  • Dermatomyositis* / drug therapy
  • Electromyography
  • Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase / blood
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / blood
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Muscles / pathology
  • Muscles / ultrastructure
  • Myosins / immunology
  • Myositis* / diagnosis
  • Myositis* / drug therapy
  • Necrosis
  • Neoplasms / complications
  • Prognosis
  • Rats
  • Transaminases / blood
  • Virus Diseases / complications

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Autoantibodies
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
  • Transaminases
  • Creatine Kinase
  • Myosins
  • Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase