Familial Occurrence of Dermatomyositis
Authors: JOHN A. LAMBIE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1963)

Article1 December 1963Familial Occurrence of DermatomyositisCase Reports and a Family SurveyJOHN A. LAMBIE, M.D., IVAN F. DUFF, M.D., F.A.C.P.JOHN A. LAMBIE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, IVAN F. DUFF, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-59-6-839 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe familial occurrence of dermatomyositis has apparently been recorded in only three instances: Wedgewood (1) noted the disease in "mirror-image" twin girls; Christianson (2) found a pair of sisters with dermatomyositis among 270 patients whose records he reviewed. A third report, involving a brother and sister, has been recorded in the German literature (3).A diagnosis of dermatomyositis has recently been made in two females who were first cousins and who were admitted to our hospital. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Ann Arbor, MichiganFrom the Rackham Arthritis Research Unit and the Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Rackham Arthritis Research Unit is supported by a grant from the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies.The expenses of this study were defrayed in part by grants from the Michigan Chapter, Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation.Requests for reprints should be addressed to John A. Lambie, M.D., Grand Forks Clinic, 221 S. Fourth St., Grand Forks, North Dakota. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byJuvenile DermatomyositisIdiopathic inflammatory myopathiesJUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITISThe ‘Connective Tissue Diseases’Epidemiology of DermatomyositisA Child with Muscle Weakness and a Skin RashManifestaciones cut?neas de las conectivopat?as. Formas cl?nicas. 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