Dermatomyositis Advances in Recognition, Understanding and Management /

• Main Authors: Dourmishev, Lyubomir A. (Author), Dourmishev, Assen L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Dermatology.; Internal medicine.; Neurology.; Pediatrics.; Rheumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79313-7

Although dermatomyositis is a rare connective tissue disease, many physicians are confronted with the diagnosis and treatment of patients affected by this condition. Based on the vast personal experience of the authors, who have diagnosed, treated, and managed many dermatomyositis patients, this cli...

Table of Contents:

• History of Dermatomyositis: Classification of Dermatomyositis
• Diagnosis of Dermatomyositis
• Epidemology of Dermatomyositis
• Clinical Manifestation of Dermatomyositis
• Cutaneous Manifestation
• Oral Manifestations
• Musculoskeletal Involvement in Dermatomyositis
• Joint Involvement
• Cardiac Manifestations
• Complications of Dermatomyositis: Pulmonary Complications
• Gastroinetinal Complications
• Ophthalmic Complications
• Renal Complications
• Complications of Central Nerve System
• Pregnancy Complicated by Dermatomyositis
• Calcinosis in Dermatomyositis
• Internal Malignancy Associated with Dermatomyositis
• Clinical Variants of Dermatomyositis: Classic Dermatomyositis in Adults
• Juvenile Dermatomyositis
• Amyopathic Dermatomyositis
• Paraneoplastic Dermatomyositis
• Overlap Syndromes
• Drug Induced Dermatomyositis
• Other Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: Polymyositis
• Inclusion Body Myositis
• Orbital Myositis
• Eosinophylic Myositis/Perimyositis
• Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome
• Eosinophilic Fasciitis Syndrome.