TY  - JOUR
T1  - POlymyositis complicating pregnancy
AU  - Bauer KA, Siegler M, Lindheimer MA
Y1  - 1979/04/01
N1  - 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630410057018
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 449
EP  - 449
VL  - 139
IS  - 4
N2  - 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)
SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630410057018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1979.03630410057018
ER  -