Juvenile Myositis Research Links
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Autoimmune Diseases Fact Sheet
www.niehs.nih.gov/health/materials/autoimmune_diseases_508.pdf
Juvenile Dermatomyositis: A Case Study
Published in the medical journal Pediatric Health Care, this study was co-authored by Registered Nurse and
Cure JM Mom Michelle Schneider
Click here to read the case study.
Clinical Outcomes In JDM
(requires site registration, but registration is free)
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/444390
Clinical Trials
www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/SearchAction?term=Connective+Tissue+Disorders
Dermatomyositis
www.emedicine.com/derm/topic98.htm
www.thedoctorsdoctor.com/diseases/dermatomyositis.htm
Inflammatory Myopathies in Children:
Treatment options and recent research for juvenile dermatomyositis
www.the-rheumatologist.org/details/article/2196601/Inflammatory_Myopathies_in_Children.html
Juvenile Dermatomyositis Presenting With Rash Alone -- Eisenstein et al. 100 (3): 391 -- Pediatrics
(requires a subscription)
pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/100/3/391?maxtoshow=&HI
Juvenile dermatomyositis associated with lipodystrophy
Lipodystrophy in JDM
www.jrheum.com/abstracts/abstracts01/610.html
Association of TNFa-308A Allele
www.springerlink.com/content/r6448p675n5lm330/
Vitamin D Lowers Inflammation
www.mercola.com/2004/feb/28/vitamin_d.htm
