PMID- 26668670
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151215
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 1874-3129 (Print)
IS  - 1874-3129 (Electronic)
IS  - 1874-3129 (Linking)
VI  - 9
DP  - 2015
TI  - Intravenous Immune Globulin in Amyopathic Dermatomyositis - Report of Two Cases 
      and Review of the Literature.
PG  - 77-81
LID - 10.2174/1874312901409010077 [doi]
AB  - Amyopathic dermatomyositis (ADM) is a rare subtype of dermatomyositis which is 
      often recalcitrant to immune suppressing treatments. Intravenous immunoglobulin 
      (IVIG) has been used in the treatment of refractory dermatomyositis. We present 
      two patients with severe ADM, who were treated with IVIG at 2 g/kg every four 
      weeks. Both patients had a successful response and were able to taper the dosage 
      of prednisone. We present both cases in describing IVIG as a rescue and 
      maintenance steroid-sparing agent in the treatment of severe refractory ADM. We 
      also review the treatment of refractory ADM with IVIg in the English literature.
FAU - Cafardi, John M
AU  - Cafardi JM
AD  - The Christ Hospital and The University of Cincinnati Medical Center, USA.
FAU - Sami, Naveed
AU  - Sami N
AD  - Department of Dermatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20151104
PL  - United Arab Emirates
TA  - Open Rheumatol J
JT  - The open rheumatology journal
JID - 101480507
PMC - PMC4676053
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Intravenous immunoglobulin
OT  - amyopathic dermatomyositis
OT  - direct immunofluorescence.
OT  - treatment
EDAT- 2015/12/17 06:00
MHDA- 2015/12/17 06:01
PMCR- 2015/01/01
CRDT- 2015/12/16 06:00
PHST- 2015/04/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/09/23 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2015/09/23 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/12/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/12/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/12/17 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2015/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - TORJ-9-77 [pii]
AID - 10.2174/1874312901409010077 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Open Rheumatol J. 2015 Nov 4;9:77-81. doi: 10.2174/1874312901409010077. 
      eCollection 2015.