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Validation and clinical significance of

Validation and clinical significance of the Childhood Myositis Assessment Scale for assessment of muscle function in the juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

✍ Adam M. Huber; Brian M. Feldman; Robert M. Rennebohm; Jeanne E. Hicks; Carol B. 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 153 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract ## Objective To examine the measurement characteristics of the Childhood Myositis Assessment Scale (CMAS) in children with juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (juvenile IIM), and to obtain preliminary data on the clinical significance of CMAS scores. ## Methods One hundred eigh