Bridge to diagnosis: The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a child with interstitial lung disease secondary to clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis

Bridge to diagnosis: The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a child with interstitial lung disease secondary to clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis

Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM), a subtype of dermatomyositis (DM), is characterized as having the classic cutaneous manifestations of DM but with little or no evidence of myositis. The presence of anti-melanoma differentiation associated gene 5 (anti-MDA-5) autoantibodies, in the setti...

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Main Authors: Roberto Mejias, Christine Schad, Shunpei Okochi, Eva W. Cheung, Amy J. Starr, Angela Kadenhe-Chiweshe, William Middlesworth, Steven Stylianos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-06-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Subjects:
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis
Acute respiratory distress
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576615300464

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