Moderate incidence of prior rheumatoid arthritis in patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis
โ Scribed by Takao Nagashima; Masahiro Iwamoto; Seiji Minota
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0770-3198
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The frequency of clinical and biochemical relapses was determined in a group of 50 patients with polymyositis (PM), dermatomyositis (DM), or overlap syndromes who were followed for periods of up to 13 years. Relapses occurred in 30 of the 50 patients (60%) during the period of followup. The annual r
## Abstract At autopsy, 62 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) showed significantly lower morbidity (P < 0.001) and mortality (P < 0.02) from myocardial infarction than 62 matched control patients, but there were no significant differences in frequency of cerebral infarction or pulmonary emboli