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Dermatomyositis

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Dermatomyositis (DM) is the most common form of inflammatory myopathies. It is a complement-mediated microangiopathy affecting the skin and muscle.

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  1. Center for Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Schleichstr. 12, Tuebingen, 72076, Germany

    Bianka Sobolewska MD & Manfred Zierhut MD, PhD

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  2. Biomedical Research Centre, Institute of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eyes Hospital, Department of Medical Retina, UCL, London, United Kingdom

    Carlos Pavesio

  3. School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Hokkaido University Graduate, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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  5. USC Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Narsing A. Rao

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Sobolewska, B., Zierhut, M. (2016). Dermatomyositis. In: Zierhut, M., Pavesio, C., Ohno, S., Orefice, F., Rao, N. (eds) Intraocular Inflammation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75387-2_69

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