RT Journal
A1 Bauer KA, Siegler M, Lindheimer MA
T1 POlymyositis complicating pregnancy
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1979
FD April 1
VO 139
IS 4
SP 449
OP 449
DO 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630410057018
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1979.03630410057018
AB Reports of dermatomyositis and polymyositis during pregnancy are rare, there being only one previously published case that we know of in the literature. We report a case in which severe polymyositis developed during pregnancy and the patient experienced dramatic improvement following delivery. Since there is evidence that polymyositis is an immune-mediated disease, one has to speculate that the fetus and its complement of foreign antigens might have played a role in the patient's disease.(Arch Intern Med 139:449, 1979)