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Environmental factors associated with juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathy clinical and serologic phenotypes.
Pediatric rheumatology online journal - 12 Apr 2022
Scalabrini Jonathan C, Schiffenbauer Adam I, Farhadi Payam Noroozi, Volochayev Rita, Bayat Nastaran, Jansen Anna, Targoff Ira N, Miller Frederick W, Rider Lisa G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Environmental exposures have been associated with the juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (JIIM). We undertook a questionnaire-based study to evaluate patient-reported exposures as possible risk factors for JIIM. FINDINGS: One-hundred-seven patients with JIIM were enrolled in a myositis natural history protocol and completed environmental questionnaires. Frequencies of exposures in clinical...
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