Muscle MRI at the time of questionable disease flares in Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM)

• Main Authors: Rabheh Abdul-Aziz (Author), Chack-Yung Yu (Author), Brent Adler (Author), Sharon Bout-Tabaku (Author), Katherine E. Lintner (Author), Melissa Moore-Clingenpeel (Author), Charles H. Spencer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The course of JDM has improved substantially over the last 70 years with early and aggressive treatments. Yet it remains difficult to detect disease flares as symptoms may be mild; signs of rash and muscle weakness vary widely and are often equivocal; laboratory tests of muscle e...