Antiphospholipid syndrome and dermatomyositis/polymyositis: a rare association.

نویسندگان

  • Fernando Henrique Carlos de Souza
  • Maurício Levy-Neto
  • Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo
چکیده

The association between antiphospholipid syndrome and idiopathic inflammatory myopathies has been rarely reported in the literature. In this paper we report two patients with antiphospholipid syndrome diagnosed with concomitant dermatomyositis or polymyositis. We also reviewed the literature on this overlapping of two systemic autoimmune entities.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista brasileira de reumatologia

دوره 52 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012