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Association with HLA-DRβ1 position 37 distinguishes juvenile dermatomyositis from adult-onset myositis.
Human molecular genetics - 21 Jul 2022
Deakin Claire T, Bowes John, Rider Lisa G, Miller Frederick W, Pachman Lauren M, Sanner Helga, Rouster-Stevens Kelly, Mamyrova Gulnara, Curiel Rodolfo, Feldman Brian M, Huber Adam M, Reed Ann M, Schmeling Heinrike, Cook Charlotte G, Marshall Lucy R, Ll Wilkinson Meredyth G, Eyre Stephen, Raychaudhuri Soumya, Wedderburn Lucy R
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare, severe autoimmune disease and the most common idiopathic inflammatory myopathy of children. JDM and adult-onset dermatomyositis (DM) have similar clinical, biological and serological features, although these features differ in prevalence between childhood-onset and adult-onset disease, suggesting that age of disease onset may influence pathogenesis. Therefore, a...
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