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Diagnosis and treatment of clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM): a case series and literature review.

Clin Rheumatol

August 2016

Rheumatology Unit, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

The objective of this study was to report the clinical course of a cohort of patients with clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) in correlation to the presence or absence of anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA-5) antibody. Five patients with CADM presented to our rheumatology unit between September 1, 2011 and March 31, 2014. We hereby present their clinical course, laboratory findings, imaging modalities, functional tests, and treatments regimens.

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Background: The psychiatric sequelae of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is associated with a variety of psychiatric disorders, such as eating disorders, depression, posttraumatic-stress disorder and borderline personality disorder. This study examined the association of CSA and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in adults.

Methods: Frequency of CSA was examined among 30 OCD patients and in two control groups: 17 patients with panic disorder (PD) and 26 non-psychiatric rheumatic patients (NPRP).

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