Biologic therapies for refractory juvenile dermatomyositis: five years of experience of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance in North America

• Main Authors: CH Spencer (Author), K Rouster-Stevens (Author), H Gewanter (Author), G Syverson (Author), R Modica (Author), K Schmidt (Author), H Emery (Author), C Wallace (Author), S Grevich (Author), K Nanda (Author), YD Zhao (Author), S Shenoi (Author), S Tarvin (Author), S Hong (Author), C Lindsley (Author), JE Weiss (Author), M Passo (Author), K Ede (Author), A Brown (Author), K Ardalan (Author), W Bernal (Author), ML Stoll (Author), B Lang (Author), R Carrasco (Author), C Agaiar (Author), L Feller (Author), H Bukulmez (Author), R Vehe (Author), H Kim (Author), H Schmeling (Author), D Gerstbacher (Author), M Hoeltzel (Author), B Eberhard (Author), R Sundel (Author), S Kim (Author), AM Huber (Author), A Patwardhan (Author), Pediatric Rheumatologist Collaborators (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The prognosis of children with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) has improved remarkably since the 1960's with the use of corticosteroid and immunosuppressive therapy. Yet there remain a minority of children who have refractory disease. Since 2003 the sporadic use of biologics...