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Definitive differences in laboratory and radiological characteristics between two subtypes of juvenile idiopathic arthritis: systemic arthritis and polyarthritis
We performed this study to investigate the differences in radiological and laboratory findings between systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (s-JIA) and polyarthritis (p-JIA). Twenty-two patients with s-JIA a...
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Open AccessEfficacy of thalidomide in a girl with inflammatory calcinosis, a severe complication of juvenile dermatomyositis
We report a 14-year-old girl with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) complicated by severe inflammatory calcinosis successfully treated with thalidomide. She was diagnosed as JDM when she was 4 years old after a f...