Inflammatory Myopathies in Children

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Apr 2005 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America, volume 33, pages 525-553 (issn: 0889-857X,

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Authors: Sandrine, Compeyrot-Lacassagne; Brian M, Feldman;

doi: 10.1016/j.rdc.2007.07.002 , 10.1016/j.pcl.2005.01.004

pmid: 15820377 , 17936176

Inflammatory Myopathies in Children

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Abstract

Juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are rare conditions that are probably autoimmune in nature. Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is the most common inflammatory myopathy. This article describes a recent patient who presented with typical JDM and uses her case to discuss aspects of the childhood inflammatory myopathies.

Related Organizations

University of Toronto
Canada
Hospital for Sick Children
Canada

Keywords

Adolescent, Myositis, Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, Complement System Proteins, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Diagnosis, Differential, Minor Histocompatibility Antigens, Edema, Humans, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Child, Muscle, Skeletal

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