Characteristics of juvenile dermatomyositis in Japan

Pediatrics International

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-262

  Kobayashi, Shinichi ^a   Higuchi, Kaoru ^a   Tamaki, Hisashi ^a   Wada, Yasuyuki ^a   Wada, Noriyuki ^a   Kubo, Masakatsu ^a   Koike, Yuichi ^b   Nagata, Masato ^b   Tatsuzawa, Osamu ^b   Fujikawa, Satoshi ^c  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c DOKKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Neoprerin; Von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CREATINE KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031003049     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1997.tb03595.x     Document Type: Article

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