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The clinical phenotypes of the juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.
Medicine - 1 Jan 2013
Shah Mona, Mamyrova Gulnara, Targoff Ira N, Huber Adam M, Malley James D, Rice Madeline Murguia, Miller Frederick W, Rider Lisa G
Abstract excerpt
The juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (JIIM) are systemic autoimmune diseases characterized by skeletal muscle weakness, characteristic rashes, and other systemic features. Although juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), the most common form of JIIM, has been well studied, the other major clinical subgroups of JIIM, including juvenile polymyositis (JPM) and juvenile myositis overlapping with another autoimmune...
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