Prognosis in juvenile dermatopolymyositis: a cooperative retrospective study of 70 cases.
A retrospective multicenter study was conducted with 70 patients with juvenile dermatopolymyositis. Among survivors with sufficient follow-up (at least two years), a good prognosis subgroup was characterized by significantly better (P less than 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 less than 0.05).
D000293:Adolescent; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones