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Juvenile Dermatomyositis and Other Inflammatory Muscle Diseases
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a heterogenous group of diseases characterized by muscle weakness (which is often more pronounced proximally) and inflammatory changes in skeletal muscle. IIM comprise different subtypes: dermatomyositis, polymyositis, inclusion body myositis, and amyopathic dermatomyositis. Juvenile dermatomyositis…