Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Dermatomyositis: Associations with Clinical and Laboratory Features Including Autoantibodies.

OBJECTIVE:Dysphagia develops with low frequency in patients with dermatomyositis. Our objective was to determine the clinical and laboratory features that can estimate the development of dysphagia in dermatomyositis. METHODS:This study included 92 Japanese patients with adult-onset dermatomyositis....

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Main Authors: Naoki Mugii, Minoru Hasegawa, Takashi Matsushita, Yasuhito Hamaguchi, Sacihe Oohata, Hirokazu Okita, Tetsutarou Yahata, Fujiko Someya, Katsumi Inoue, Shigeyuki Murono, Manabu Fujimoto, Kazuhiko Takehara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4864367?pdf=render