title: Juvenile dermatomyositis associated with subclinical hypothyroidism due to auto-immune thyroiditis.
abstract: We report a rare association of juvenile dermatomyositis with subclinical hypothyroidism due to auto-immune thyroiditis. Although the patient had no symptoms of hypothyroidism, thyroid auto-antibodies remained elevated even after disease remission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Otsu Red Cross Hospital, 1-1-35 Nagara, Otsu, 520-8511 Japan. masumigo@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp
authors.forename: Tohshin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Go
authors.forename: Izuru
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mitsuyoshi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*