 Dermatomyositis
"Dermatomyositis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A subacute or chronic inflammatory disease of muscle and skin, marked by proximal muscle weakness and a characteristic skin rash. The illness occurs with approximately equal frequency in children and adults. The skin lesions usually take the form of a purplish rash (or less often an exfoliative dermatitis) involving the nose, cheeks, forehead, upper trunk, and arms. The disease is associated with a complement mediated intramuscular microangiopathy, leading to loss of capillaries, muscle ischemia, muscle-fiber necrosis, and perifascicular atrophy. The childhood form of this disease tends to evolve into a systemic vasculitis. Dermatomyositis may occur in association with malignant neoplasms. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1405-6)
| Descriptor ID |
D003882
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.594.297 C05.651.594.819.500 C10.668.491.562.150 C10.668.491.562.575.500 C17.300.250 C17.800.185
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| Concept/Terms |
Dermatomyositis- Dermatomyositis
- Dermatomyositides
- Dermatopolymyositis
- Dermatopolymyositides
- Polymyositis-Dermatomyositis
- Polymyositis Dermatomyositis
- Polymyositis-Dermatomyositides
Dermatomyositis, Childhood Type- Dermatomyositis, Childhood Type
- Childhood Type Dermatomyositides
- Childhood Type Dermatomyositis
- Dermatomyositides, Childhood Type
Dermatomyositis, Adult Type- Dermatomyositis, Adult Type
- Adult Type Dermatomyositides
- Adult Type Dermatomyositis
- Dermatomyositides, Adult Type
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| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dermatomyositis" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Swafford C, Roach ES. Juvenile Dermatomyositis and the Inflammatory Myopathies. Semin Neurol. 2020 Jun; 40(3):342-348.
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Sukumaran S, Palmer T, Vijayan V. Heliotrope Rash and Gottron Papules in a Child with Juvenile Dermatomyositis. J Pediatr. 2016 Apr; 171:318.e1.
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