Paraneoplastic Dermatomyositis: relevance of myositis-specific autoantibodies in a small cohort.

J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol

Department of Dermatology, Sozialmedizinisches Zentrum Ost- Donauspital, Vienna, Austria.

Published: February 2020

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