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Juvenile dermatomyositis: the association of the TNF alpha-308A allele and disease chronicity.
Current rheumatology reports - 1 Oct 2001
Pachman L M, Fedczyna T O, Lechman T S, Lutz J
Abstract excerpt
Little is known concerning factors associated with the outcome of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), which can be variable and lethal. Previous work has documented that the association of DQA1*0501 with JDM is higher than in control groups and that the first symptoms (rash and weakness) of JDM appear to follow evidence of an infectious process--most frequently upper respiratory in nature. Preliminary data show that...
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