HCV and dermatomyositis: report of 5 cases of dermatomyositis in patients with HCV infection.
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).
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VI Medical Clinic, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
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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