Comparison of pre- and post-natal environmental exposures in United States versus Brazilian patients with juvenile dermatomyositis
Earlier onset of symptoms, possibly related to early life environmental exposures, was observed in Brazilian patients. Their mothers lived and worked closer to factories and quarries, commuted to work by bus and were more exposed to dust and tobacco.
Authors
- Susan Y. Kim
- Adriana Maluf Elias
- Clarissa Carvalho Valões
- Sylvia C.L. Farhat
- Beatriz O.L. Carneiro
- Tamima M.A. Arabi
- Susan Shenoi
- Lisa G. Rider
Institutions
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (US)
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- Grupo Hospitalar Conceição (BR)
- Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
- Published
- 2025-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.55563/clinexprheumatol/d72tz5
- Primary Topic
- Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Cure JM Foundation
- National Institutes of Health