Juvenile overlap myositis: retrospective study about 20 cases
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Methods Retrospective study of patients followed in Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital (Pediatric Rheumatology, Pediatric Dermatology) from january 2002 to march 2014, with overlap myositis defined by the association of inflammatory myositis and clinic features and/or biological signs of other connective tissue diseases (clinical features among polyarthritis, Raynaud syndrome, sclerodactyly, morphea, lupus skin rash, esophageal dyskinesia, pulmonary, intestinal, renal involvement and/or presence of overlap autoantibodies). For every patient we collected at diagnosis clinical features, biological profile, histological and radiological (MRI) data, treatments and evolution.
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Four Cases of Anti-PM/Scl Antibody-positive Juvenile Overlap Syndrome with Features of Myositis and Systemic Sclerosis.
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