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Dermatomyositis: A diagnostic dilemma

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influenced our study results was the lack of diversity in our patient population: perifollicular repigmentation was absent in two thirds of cases, mean body surface areawas\5% in93%of thepopulation, andphoto skin… Click to show full abstract

influenced our study results was the lack of diversity in our patient population: perifollicular repigmentation was absent in two thirds of cases, mean body surface areawas\5% in93%of thepopulation, andphoto skin type was #4 in 84% of the study population. Furthermore, future studieswill be needed to compare these scoring systems directly to existing scoring systems like the Vitiligo European Task Force assessment and Vitiligo Area Scoring Index.

Keywords: diagnostic dilemma; dermatomyositis diagnostic; dermatology

Journal Title: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Year Published: 2018

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