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Prognosis in Juvenile Dermatopolymyositis: A Cooperative Retrospective Study of 70 Cases
Author(s) -
Taieb Alain,
Guichard Catherine,
Salamon Roger,
Maleville Jean
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1985.tb00465.x
Subject(s) - medicine , juvenile , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , multicenter study , subgroup analysis , surgery , randomized controlled trial , confidence interval , genetics , biology
A retrospective multicenter study† was conducted with 70 patients with juveaile dermatopolymyositis. Among survivors with sufficient follow‐up tat least two years), a good prognosis subgroup was characterized by significantly better ( P > 0.001) initial response to steroids and less frequent pharyngeal involvement when compared to other patients in a poor prognosis subgroup with significant sequelae or still active disease. Patients who died had more severe pharyngeal involvement than those who survived ( P > 0.05).