Development of practice and consensus-based strategies including a treat-to-target approach for the management of moderate and severe juvenile dermatomyositis in Germany and Austria

• Main Authors: Claas H. Hinze (Author), Prasad T. Oommen (Author), Frank Dressler (Author), Andreas Urban (Author), Frank Weller-Heinemann (Author), Fabian Speth (Author), Elke Lainka (Author), Jürgen Brunner (Author), Heike Fesq (Author), Dirk Foell (Author), Wolfgang Müller-Felber (Author), Ulrich Neudorf (Author), Christoph Rietschel (Author), Tobias Schwarz (Author), Ulrike Schara (Author), Johannes-Peter Haas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is the most common inflammatory myopathy in childhood and a major cause of morbidity among children with pediatric rheumatic diseases. The management of JDM is very heterogeneous. The JDM working group of the Society for Pediatric Rheumatology (GKJR...