Abstracts tagged "hydroxychloroquine and juvenile dermatomyositis"

Abstract Number: 1315 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) Therapy in Children with Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) Enrolled in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry
Yonit Sterba¹, Dawn Wahezi² and For the CARRA investigators³, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ²Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ³Duke Children's Hospital, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial agent commonly used in the treatment of rheumatologic diseases. Data on the use of HCQ in JDM is limited, primarily…