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Juvenile dermatomyositis in a 4-year-old Kenyan girl.

Marlous L GrijsenDeborah MchaileInge GeutRaimos OlomiMaitseo NwakoLuis RequenaWilliam P HowlettDaudi R MavuraMarieke C J Dekker
Published in: Clinical case reports (2017)
To our knowledge, this is the first case report of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) in Tanzania. It demonstrates that the characteristic cutaneous findings of JDM may easily be overlooked, especially on dark skin, and the difficulty of clinical management in resource-constrained settings.
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