Prognosis in Juvenile Dermatopolymyositis: A Cooperative Retrospective Study of 70 Cases

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Abstract
A retrospective multicenter study† was conducted with 70 patients with juveaile dermatopolymyositis. Among survivors with sufficient follow-up tat least two years), a good prognosis subgroup was characterized by significantly better (P > 0.001) initial response to steroids and less frequent pharyngeal involvement when compared to other patients in a poor prognosis subgroup with significant sequelae or still active disease. Patients who died had more severe pharyngeal involvement than those who survived (P > 0.05).

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