Walsh & Hoyt: Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis

Identifier wh_ch44_p2399
Title Walsh & Hoyt: Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis
Creator Steven L. Galetta, MD
Affiliation NYU Langone
Subject Vascular Diseases; Vasculitis; Connective Tissue Disease; Polymyositis; Dermatomyositis
Description Polymyositis is an inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology that is characterized by an inflammatory myopathy affecting striated skeletal muscle and, less commonly, cardiac muscle. When characteristic skin lesions accompany the myositis, a diagnosis of dermatomyositis is made.
Date 2005
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition
Relation is Part of Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Selections Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6894fdc
Setname ehsl_novel_whts
ID 186446
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6894fdc
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