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Dermatomyositis, Childhood Type

Known as: Childhood Type Dermatomyositides, Dermatomyositides, Childhood Type, Childhood Type Dermatomyositis 
An inflammatory myopathy of childhood resulting in muscle weakness, and associated with a characteristic skin rash.(NICHD)
National Institutes of Health

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Adult type dermatomyositisAutoimmune DiseasesConnective and Soft TissueJuvenile Dermatomyositis Sine Myositis

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DermatomyositisMyositis

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Review
2011
Review
2011
Alström Syndrome: Genetics and Clinical Overview
Alström syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by cone-rod dystrophy, hearing loss, childhood… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Effectiveness of infliximab in the treatment of refractory juvenile dermatomyositis with calcinosis.
OBJECTIVES Some juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) patients have a disease course which is refractory to multiple drug treatments… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
International consensus on preliminary definitions of improvement in adult and juvenile myositis.
OBJECTIVE To use a core set of outcome measures to develop preliminary definitions of improvement for adult and juvenile myositis… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Microarray analysis of gene expression in lupus
Recent advances in the study of global patterns of gene expression with the use of microarray technology, coupled with data… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Disease activity score for children with juvenile dermatomyositis: reliability and validity evidence.
OBJECTIVE To assess the reliability and validity of the Disease Activity Score (DAS), an instrument used to evaluate children… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Clinical features and outcomes of juvenile dermatomyositis and other childhood onset myositis syndromes.
Review
2000
Review
2000
Efficacy and Safety of Troglitazone in the Treatment of Lipodystrophy Syndromes
Obesity causes insulin resistance, a central feature in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes (1). Paradoxically, the absence of… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
TNFα-308A allele in juvenile dermatomyositis: Association with increased production of tumor necrosis factor α, disease duration, and pathologic calcifications
Objective To characterize the association between the TNFα-308A allele and 1) duration of active disease, 2) peripheral blood… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Development of validated disease activity and damage indices for the juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. II. The Childhood Myositis Assessment Scale (CMAS): a quantitative tool for the…
OBJECTIVE To develop, validate, and determine the measurement characteristics of a quantitative tool for assessing the severity… 
Review
1982
Review
1982
The heart and cardiac conduction system in polymyositis-dermatomyositis: a clinicopathologic study of 16 autopsied patients.
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