Protocols for the initial treatment of moderately severe juvenile dermatomyositis: Results of a children's arthritis and rheumatology research alliance consensus conference

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-225

  Huber, Adam M ^a   Giannini, Edward H ^b   Bowyer, Suzanne L ^c   Kim, Susan ^d   Lang, Bianca ^a   Lindsley, Carol B ^e   Pachman, Lauren M ^f   Pilkington, Clarissa ^g   Reed, Ann M ^h   Rennebohm, Robert M ⁱ   Rider, Lisa G ^j   Wallace, Carol A ^k   Feldman, Brian M ^l  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^l HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

CANADA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; GAMMA-GLOBINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; METHOTREXATE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 75749123495     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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