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1 Cutaneous symptoms of dermatomyositis significantly impact patients' quality of life 
Jennifer L. Hundley, MD, Christie L. Carroll, MD, Wei Lang, PhD, Beverly Snively, PhD, Gil Yosipovitch, MD, Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD, Joseph L. Jorizzo, MD  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology  Volume 54, Issue 2, Pages (February 2006) DOI: /j.jaad Copyright © 2006 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Physician's Global Assessment (PGA) compared with quality of life (QOL) measures. There is greater QOL impairment for patients with more severe disease. QOL impact of dermatomyositis was assessed for patients at different levels of disease severity. There was clinically significant degree of QOL impairment at all levels of disease severity. Greater disease severity was associated with worse QOL. DLQI, Dermatology Life Quality Index. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology  , DOI: ( /j.jaad ) Copyright © 2006 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Comparision of Skindex-16 subscales among dermatomyositis, dermatitis, and psoriasis. Skindex-16 scores for patients with dermatomyositis were compared with published data on dermatitis and psoriasis.11 All scores were normalized to a 0-to-100 scale for comparison. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology  , DOI: ( /j.jaad ) Copyright © 2006 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Terms and Conditions


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