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Brief Report: Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure Is Associated With Clinical and Autoantibody Phenotypes in Juvenile Myositis
9 May 2013
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OBJECTIVE: Genetic and environmental factors may contribute to the etiology of the juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs), which are systemic autoimmune diseases that are characterized by muscle and skin inflammation. We undertook this study to investigate the association between ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure and the clinical and autoantibody expression of juvenile IIM. METHODS: The...
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