Recent Blog Posts

View Post: Dermatomyositis and Emelia: What is Juvenile Dermatomyositis
29 Oct 2009 by Laura Beth  
Juvenile dermatomyositis is an autoimmune disorder in which your own immune system attacks your muscles and skin. When breaking down the term dermatomyositis, derma in medical terms means skin, myo means muscle and itis means ...
View Blog: Dermatomyositis and Emelia - http://dermatomyositisandemelia.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Roman History Books and More: helping cure juvenile ...
1 Oct 2009 by IHahn  
Stamford fellow blogger Kevin of Always Home and Uncool has asked me to post this as part of his effort to raise awareness in the blogosphere of juvenile myositis, a rare autoimmune disease his daughter was diagnosed with on this day ...
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View Post: Juvenile Dermatomyositis & One Family's Story
2 Oct 2009 by kristine  
2, 2002 — the day our daughter was found to have juvenile dermatomyositis, one of a family of rare autoimmune diseases that can have debilitating and even fatal consequences when not treated quickly and effectively. ...
View Blog: Do as I Say, Not as I Do - http://www.cradlechatter.com/modern-mommy/

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View Post: Still celebrating...
13 Nov 2009 by Madeline's Juvenile Dermatomyositis  
We are still celebrating and adjusting to Madeline not taking her nightly medication, the cyclosporin. It's actually very odd. I keep thinking I'm forgetting something and then realize, our routine of her taking her meds is no longer ...
View Blog: Madeline's JDM Story - http://madelinesjdmstory.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Myositis - What kind of specialist treats dermatomyositis?
30 Jul 2009
My wife was diagnosed with dermatomyositis two years ago. We want to see someone at Johns Hopkins while we are in DC, but we are at a loss as to which specialty is best suited to help us -- is it rheumatology, orthopedics, ...
View Blog: hopkins-arthritis ask the expert - http://www.hopkins-arthritis.org/ask-the-expert/

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View Post: Juvenile dermatomyositis: advances in pathogenesis, evaluation ...
17 Nov 2009 by admin  
Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare, presumably autoimmune illness that causes proximal muscle weakness and a variety of typical cutaneous features. The study of this illness has been hampered by its rarity but, in recent years, ...
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View Post: Allergy Notes: CD28(null) T Cells Infiltrate Muscles of Patients ...
14 Oct 2009 by Ves Dimov, MD  
T Cell Infiltrates in the Muscles of Patients with Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis Are Dominated by CD28null T Cells. Authors: Fasth AE, Dastmalchi M, Rahbar A, Salomonsson S, Pandya JM, Lindroos E, Nennesmo I, Malmberg KJ, ...
View Blog: Allergy Notes - http://allergynotes.blogspot.com/

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