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Photoessay of the cutaneous manifestations of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
Dermatology Online Journal, 03/16/09

Dugan EM et al. - Adult and juvenile dermatomyositis, polymyositis and myositis overlapping with another connective tissue disease are rare systemic autoimmune diseases with a primary feature of weakness and muscle inflammation. Cutaneous findings specific to the underlying condition are present in many patients with these disorders. Some lesions are highly characteristic of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), especially in dermatomyositis. Some cutaneous findings are common but not specific to the IIM and others are less frequently observed in patients with these illnesses. Many of these manifestations also have different grades of disease activity or damage.

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Lymphatic and blood vessels in scleroderma skin, a morphometric analysis
Human Pathology, 12/16/09

Formalin deposition as artifact in biopsies from patients affected by a new variant of endemic pemphigus foliaceus in El Bagre, Colombia, South America
Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, 12/15/09

Potential role of interleukin-17 in the pathogenesis of bullous pemphigoid
Medical Hypotheses, 12/09/09

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Acquired perforating dermatosis associated with pregnancy
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, 12/16/09

Enhanced Efficacy of Photodynamic Therapy with Methyl 5-Aminolevulinic Acid in Recalcitrant Periungual Warts After Ablative Carbon Dioxide Fractional Laser: A Pilot Study
Dermatologic Surgery, 12/16/09

Clinical Experience in the Treatment of Different Vascular Lesions Using a Neodymium-Doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Laser
Dermatologic Surgery, 12/16/09

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