Development of practice and consensus-based strategies including a treat-to-target approach for the management of moderate and severe juvenile dermatomyositis in Germany and Austria

Abstract Background Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is the most common inflammatory myopathy in childhood and a major cause of morbidity among children with pediatric rheumatic diseases. The management of JDM is very heterogeneous. The JDM working group of the Society for Pediatric Rheumatology (GKJR...

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Main Authors: Claas H. Hinze, Prasad T. Oommen, Frank Dressler, Andreas Urban, Frank Weller-Heinemann, Fabian Speth, Elke Lainka, Jürgen Brunner, Heike Fesq, Dirk Foell, Wolfgang Müller-Felber, Ulrich Neudorf, Christoph Rietschel, Tobias Schwarz, Ulrike Schara, Johannes-Peter Haas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12969-018-0257-6