Childhood dermatomyositis: Clinical course of 36 patients treated with low doses of corticosteroids

• Published in: European journal of paediatric neurology Vol. 2; no. 4; pp. 205 - 211
• Main Authors: Tabarki, Brahim, Ponsot, Gerard, Prieur, Anne-Marie, Tardieu, Marc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 1998
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adrenal Cortex Hormones - administration & dosage; Adrenal Cortex Hormones - therapeutic use; Child; Child, Preschool; Creatine kinase; Creatine Kinase - blood; Cyclosporine - administration & dosage; Cyclosporine - therapeutic use; Dermatomyositis; Dermatomyositis - blood; Dermatomyositis - drug therapy; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - administration & dosage; Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - therapeutic use; Male; Muscle; Myosite; Retrospective Studies; Treatment Outcome; Muscle; Creatine kinase; Myosite; Dermatomyositis

Thirty-six patients with juvenile dermatomyositis, seen consecutively between 1983 and 1996 and treated initially with low doses of corticosteroids (prednisolone 1 mg/kg/day), were studied retrospectively to evaluate their long-term evolution and to identify factors predictive of the functional outc...