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Timely dermatomyositis diagnosis, treatment remain elusive


 

REPORTING FROM ICCLE 2018


Almost all the patients were white women. The majority were 40-80 years old.

There was no industry funding for the work, and Dr. Patel didn’t have any disclosures.

SOURCE: da Silva DM et al. Presented at the 2018 International Conference on Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus

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