Differences in the autoantibody phenotypes and long-term outcomes between juvenile- and adult-idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.
Hideaki TsujiRan NakashimaTakahiro YasumiTsuneo SasaiYuki IchimuraMirei ShirakashiHideo OnizawaRyosuke HiwaKoji KitagoriShuji AkizukiAkira OnishiHajime YoshifujiMasao TanakaNaoko OkiyamaTsuneyo MimoriAkio MorinobuPublished in: Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism (2024)
Drug-free condition was achieved more frequently in juvenile-IIM patients than adult-IIM patients. Specific autoantibodies were associated with different clinical characteristics and outcomes between juvenile-IIM and adult-IIM.