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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| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_07703198_v13_n1_p70_Citera |
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| Sumario: | 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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