Defining criteria for disease activity states in juvenile dermatomyositis based on the Juvenile Dermatomyositis Activity Index

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OBJECTIVES: To develop and validate the cut-offs in the Juvenile DermatoMyositis Activity Index (JDMAI) to distinguish the states of inactive disease (ID), low disease activity (LDA), moderate disease activity (MDA) and high disease activity (HDA) in children with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). METHODS: For cut-off definition, data from 139 patients included in a randomised clinical trial were used. Among the...

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