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Update on juvenile dermatomyositis: new advances in understanding its etiopathogenesis.
Current opinion in rheumatology - 1 Sept 2003
Wargula Jennifer C
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Juvenile dermatomyositis is the most common of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies in children. It is considered an autoimmune disease of relatively unknown etiology, although environmental exposures and infectious agents are thought to play a role in disease pathogenesis. More recently, data has become available regarding the molecular genetics of children affected with juvenile...
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