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The myositis autoantibody phenotypes of the juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.
Medicine - 1 Jul 2013
Rider Lisa G, Shah Mona, Mamyrova Gulnara, Huber Adam M, Rice Madeline Murguia, Targoff Ira N, Miller Frederick W
Abstract excerpt
The juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (JIIM) are systemic autoimmune diseases characterized by skeletal muscle weakness, characteristic rashes, and other systemic features. In follow-up to our study defining the major clinical subgroup phenotypes of JIIM, we compared demographics, clinical features, laboratory measures, and outcomes among myositis-specific autoantibody (MSA) subgroups, as well as with...
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