Joint involvement in polymyositis/dermatomyositis

The frequency and features of joint involvement were evaluated in 29 patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM); eight of them (27.5%) presented arthritis. Mean age was 30 years, and mean disease duration was 5.3 years. Oligoarthritis was observed in 5 cases, while 3 presented polyarthritis;...

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Autores principales: Citera, G., Gõni, M.A., Cocco, J.A.M., Scheines, E.J.
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spelling todo:paper_07703198_v13_n1_p70_Citera2023-10-03T15:39:46Z Joint involvement in polymyositis/dermatomyositis Citera, G. Gõni, M.A. Cocco, J.A.M. Scheines, E.J. Arthritis Dermatomyositis Joint Involvement Polymyositis adolescent adult aged arthritis article controlled study dermatomyositis female human major clinical study male polymyositis priority journal Adolescent Adult Aged Arthritis Child Child, Preschool Connective Tissue Diseases Dermatomyositis Female Human Joints Male Middle Age Polymyositis Support, Non-U.S. Gov't The frequency and features of joint involvement were evaluated in 29 patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM); eight of them (27.5%) presented arthritis. Mean age was 30 years, and mean disease duration was 5.3 years. Oligoarthritis was observed in 5 cases, while 3 presented polyarthritis; in most cases arthritis was concurrent with the musculocutaneous picture. On comparing the 8 arthritis patients with the remaining 21, no significant clinical or serological differences were found. However, males predominated in the arthritis group, 75% vs 19% (p<0.05). Arthritis responded favourably to underlying disease treatment and articular sequelae were not observed. © 1994 Clinical Rheumatology. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_07703198_v13_n1_p70_Citera
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topic Arthritis
Dermatomyositis
Joint Involvement
Polymyositis
adolescent
adult
aged
arthritis
article
controlled study
dermatomyositis
female
human
major clinical study
male
polymyositis
priority journal
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Arthritis
Child
Child, Preschool
Connective Tissue Diseases
Dermatomyositis
Female
Human
Joints
Male
Middle Age
Polymyositis
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
spellingShingle Arthritis
Dermatomyositis
Joint Involvement
Polymyositis
adolescent
adult
aged
arthritis
article
controlled study
dermatomyositis
female
human
major clinical study
male
polymyositis
priority journal
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Arthritis
Child
Child, Preschool
Connective Tissue Diseases
Dermatomyositis
Female
Human
Joints
Male
Middle Age
Polymyositis
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Citera, G.
Gõni, M.A.
Cocco, J.A.M.
Scheines, E.J.
Joint involvement in polymyositis/dermatomyositis
topic_facet Arthritis
Dermatomyositis
Joint Involvement
Polymyositis
adolescent
adult
aged
arthritis
article
controlled study
dermatomyositis
female
human
major clinical study
male
polymyositis
priority journal
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Arthritis
Child
Child, Preschool
Connective Tissue Diseases
Dermatomyositis
Female
Human
Joints
Male
Middle Age
Polymyositis
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
description The frequency and features of joint involvement were evaluated in 29 patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM); eight of them (27.5%) presented arthritis. Mean age was 30 years, and mean disease duration was 5.3 years. Oligoarthritis was observed in 5 cases, while 3 presented polyarthritis; in most cases arthritis was concurrent with the musculocutaneous picture. On comparing the 8 arthritis patients with the remaining 21, no significant clinical or serological differences were found. However, males predominated in the arthritis group, 75% vs 19% (p<0.05). Arthritis responded favourably to underlying disease treatment and articular sequelae were not observed. © 1994 Clinical Rheumatology.
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author Citera, G.
Gõni, M.A.
Cocco, J.A.M.
Scheines, E.J.
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Gõni, M.A.
Cocco, J.A.M.
Scheines, E.J.
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title Joint involvement in polymyositis/dermatomyositis
title_short Joint involvement in polymyositis/dermatomyositis
title_full Joint involvement in polymyositis/dermatomyositis
title_fullStr Joint involvement in polymyositis/dermatomyositis
title_full_unstemmed Joint involvement in polymyositis/dermatomyositis
title_sort joint involvement in polymyositis/dermatomyositis
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