Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 287-290 , November 2001

Juvenile dermatomyositis: An atypical presentation

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 Joan B. Carlisle is a Board-certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Assistant Professor, Graduate Studies, University of Alabama School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

☆☆ Andrea A. Partridge is a Board-certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Children's Health System, Birmingham, Ala.

 Reprint requests: Joan B. Carlisle, DSN, CRNP-BC, University of Alabama School of Nursing, NB 317, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-1210.

PII: S0891-5245(01)50100-5

doi: 10.1067/mph.2001.116491

Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 287-290 , November 2001