ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 1851 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Kaveh Ardalan1, Elizabeth L. Gray2, Julia (Jungwha) Lee2, Madison L. Wolfe3, Gabrielle A. Morgan4 and Lauren M. Pachman5, 1Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Social Sciences, Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 3Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, 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, 5Cure 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
Background/Purpose: Juvenile myositis (JM) is an inflammatory disease that causes muscle weakness, skin rashes, and significant deconditioning. Little is known about long-term resolution of physical…