Benign acute childhood myositis: a retrospective cohort study from a large tertiary care children's hospital
Our study confirms that BACM is a benign condition with a very low rate of complications. Further studies are needed to evaluate factors associated with hospitalization and when to screen for genetic/metabolic causes of elevated CK levels.
Authors
- Abdulrahman Alajlan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5433-9251)
- Abdulaziz Ajeebi
- Abdullah Yousef M Aldaffaa
- Tahir K. Hameed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4516-2703)
- Nawaf A. Alghamdi
- Winnie Philip
Institutions
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (SA)
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (SA)
- National Guard Health Affairs (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2025.1653651
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Muscle and Compartmental Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01