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Case Reports
. 2019 Mar 25;191(12):E340.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.180947.

Dermatomyositis

Lu Lucy Chu  1 , Gina Rohekar  2
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Case Reports

Dermatomyositis

Lu Lucy Chu et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

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Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
(A) Erythemato-violaceous changes of the eyelids (heliotrope rash), (B) confluent erythematous papules over the upper back (shawl sign) and (C) scaling over the extensor surfaces of the metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints, with involvement of adjoining skin (Gottron papules) in a 53-year-old man with dermatomyositis.
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