Abstracts tagged "dermatomyositis and ulcers"

Abstract Number: 758 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Cutaneous Ulceration in Dermatomyositis: Association with MDA-5 and Interstitial Lung Disease
Neera Narang¹, Livia Casciola-Rosen², Antony Rosen², David Fiorentino³ and Lorinda Chung⁴, ¹Stanford Univ Medical Center, Stanford, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Redwood City, CA, ⁴Rheumatology, Stanford Univ Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is a multisystem autoimmune disease that affects the muscles and skin and can be associated with malignancy or interstitial lung disease (ILD). …