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Juvenile dermatomyositis associated with subclinical hypothyroidism due to auto-immune thyroiditis
1Department of Paediatrics, Otsu Red Cross Hospital, 1-1-35 Nagara, Otsu, 520-8511 Japan. masumigo@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp
European Journal of Pediatrics
|May 25, 2002
Abstract:
We report a rare association of juvenile dermatomyositis with subclinical hypothyroidism due to auto-immune thyroiditis. Although the patient had no symptoms of hypothyroidism, thyroid auto-antibodies remained elevated even after disease remission.