A case of dermatomyositis with a dramatic response to IVIG treatment

Volume: 55 Number: 1 March 1, 2016
  • Münevver Okay
  • Buse Rahime Hasırcı
  • İlknur Aydın Cantürk
  • Dilek Ağırcan
  • Abdulkadir Koçer
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A case of dermatomyositis with a dramatic response to IVIG treatment

Abstract

Dermatomiyozitis (DM) is an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy and a rare connective tissue disease which is characterized by skin lesions. Diagnosis of DM requires a characteristic rash and other criteria, such as proximal muscle weakness and muscle enzyme level elevation. In this paper we present a twenty-six-year-old man who attended with muscle weakness, typical skin manifestations and providing a dramatic response to IVIG treatment of dermatomyositis.

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Münevver Okay

Buse Rahime Hasırcı

İlknur Aydın Cantürk

Dilek Ağırcan

Abdulkadir Koçer

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March 1, 2016

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March 1, 2016

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Year 2016 Volume: 55 Number: 1

APA
Okay, M., Hasırcı, B. R., Cantürk, İ. A., Ağırcan, D., & Koçer, A. (2016). IVIG tedavisine dramatik yanıt veren dermatomiyozit olgusu. Ege Tıp Dergisi, 55(1), 32-34. https://doi.org/10.19161/etd.344174
AMA
1.Okay M, Hasırcı BR, Cantürk İA, Ağırcan D, Koçer A. IVIG tedavisine dramatik yanıt veren dermatomiyozit olgusu. EJM. 2016;55(1):32-34. doi:10.19161/etd.344174
Chicago
Okay, Münevver, Buse Rahime Hasırcı, İlknur Aydın Cantürk, Dilek Ağırcan, and Abdulkadir Koçer. 2016. “IVIG Tedavisine Dramatik Yanıt Veren Dermatomiyozit Olgusu”. Ege Tıp Dergisi 55 (1): 32-34. https://doi.org/10.19161/etd.344174.
EndNote
Okay M, Hasırcı BR, Cantürk İA, Ağırcan D, Koçer A (March 1, 2016) IVIG tedavisine dramatik yanıt veren dermatomiyozit olgusu. Ege Tıp Dergisi 55 1 32–34.
IEEE
[1]M. Okay, B. R. Hasırcı, İ. A. Cantürk, D. Ağırcan, and A. Koçer, “IVIG tedavisine dramatik yanıt veren dermatomiyozit olgusu”, EJM, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 32–34, Mar. 2016, doi: 10.19161/etd.344174.
ISNAD
Okay, Münevver - Hasırcı, Buse Rahime - Cantürk, İlknur Aydın - Ağırcan, Dilek - Koçer, Abdulkadir. “IVIG Tedavisine Dramatik Yanıt Veren Dermatomiyozit Olgusu”. Ege Tıp Dergisi 55/1 (March 1, 2016): 32-34. https://doi.org/10.19161/etd.344174.
JAMA
1.Okay M, Hasırcı BR, Cantürk İA, Ağırcan D, Koçer A. IVIG tedavisine dramatik yanıt veren dermatomiyozit olgusu. EJM. 2016;55:32–34.
MLA
Okay, Münevver, et al. “IVIG Tedavisine Dramatik Yanıt Veren Dermatomiyozit Olgusu”. Ege Tıp Dergisi, vol. 55, no. 1, Mar. 2016, pp. 32-34, doi:10.19161/etd.344174.
Vancouver
1.Münevver Okay, Buse Rahime Hasırcı, İlknur Aydın Cantürk, Dilek Ağırcan, Abdulkadir Koçer. IVIG tedavisine dramatik yanıt veren dermatomiyozit olgusu. EJM. 2016 Mar. 1;55(1):32-4. doi:10.19161/etd.344174

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