Assessment of traditional and non-traditional risk factors for premature atherosclerosis in children with juvenile dermatomyositis and pediatric controls

• Main Authors: Dawn M. Wahezi (Author), Emily J. Liebling (Author), Jaeun Choi (Author), Marija Dionizovik-Dimanovski (Author), Qi Gao (Author), Jillian Parekh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Children with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), the most common inflammatory myopathy of childhood, may be at increased risk of premature atherosclerosis given a host of traditional and non-traditional risk factors. The primary aim of this study was to determine the underlying freq...