[Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies in childhood. A study of 7 patients].
Five patients with dermatomyositis and 2 with polymyositis between 3 and 12 years old are reviewed. All of them fulfil the Bohan and Peter diagnostic criteria. Five presented misery before weakness. Two presented acute renal failure. The pathologic muscular study was not always specific of inflammatory myopathy and without correlation with the degree of symptoms. Treatment which prednisone and in one patient also azathioprine resulted with complete remission in 4 patients.
Colomer Oferil
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Servicio de Neuropediatría, Hospital Infantil San Juan de Dios, Barcelona.
Vidal Sanahuja
R
R
Pineda Marfa
M
M
Prat
M
M
Fernández Alvarez
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E
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009220:Myositis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies
Miopatías inflamatorias idiopáticas en la infancia. Estudio de siete pacientes.