Abstracts tagged "corticosteroids and juvenile dermatomyositis"

Abstract Number: 2020 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Novel Serum Biomarkers Monitor Disease Progression and Response to Change in Corticosteroid Therapy in Children with Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Lauren M. Pachman^1,2, Shefa Tawalbeh³, Gabrielle A. Morgan⁴, Wilfredo Marin⁴, Laurie Conklin⁵, Yetrib Hathout⁶ and Eric Hoffman³, ¹Cure JM Program of Excellence in Juvenile Myositis Research, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Pediatric Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Binghampton University, Binghampton, NY, ⁴Cure JM Program of Excellence in Myositis Research, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁵Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, ⁶Pharmaceutical Sciences, Binghampton University, Binghampton, NY
Novel Serum Biomarkers Monitor Disease Progression and Response to Change in Corticosteroid Therapy in Children with Juvenile Dermatomyositis Background/Purpose: Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) is a complex autoimmune…