title: HCV and dermatomyositis: report of 5 cases of dermatomyositis in patients with HCV infection.
abstract: The authors report five cases of dermatomyositis in which positivity for hepatitis C virus was ascertained. A virus-related (ECHO virus, Coxsackie) dermatomyositis is known, but a hepatitis virus C-related dermatomyositis was reported only in one case in a Letter to the Editor of Journal of Rheumatology (1994).
authors.affiliation: VI Medical Clinic, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fiore
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giacovazzo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giacovazzo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology