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Abstract
The juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are a group of rare, chronic, multisystem, autoimmune diseases associated with muscle weakness. This article reviews practical issues of relevance to pediatricians, including clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, investigation, therapy, and prognosis. The importance of early recognition and specialist involvement is emphasized.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID： 22560575 DOI： 10.1016/j.pcl.2012.03.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Clin North Am ISSN： 0031-3955 Impact factor: 3.278