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Pamidronate in Treatment of Calcinosis in Juvenile Dermatomyositis

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Juvenile dermatomyositis is a rare systemic autoimmune disease wth calcinosis as its hallmark sequelae. We report three patients with juvenile dermatomyositis with calcinosis, who were treated with pamidronate. There was complete clearance of calcinosis in one child.

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Prof. MR Nayak, Honorable President, Siksha’O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be) University and Mr Somadatta Das, Central Research Laboratory, IMS & SUM Hospital for technical support in submitting the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, IMS and SUM Hospital, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Shatabdi Giri & Mrutunjay Dash

  2. Department of Rheumatology, IMS and SUM Hospital, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Jyoti Ranjan Parida

  3. Department of Skin and VD, IMS and SUM Hospital, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Maitreyee Panda

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Contributors: SG: collected data and drafted the manuscript; JRP, MD and MP: diagnosed the case, and planned the management. All authors approved the final version of manuscript.

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Correspondence to Mrutunjay Dash.

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Giri, S., Parida, J.R., Dash, M. et al. Pamidronate in Treatment of Calcinosis in Juvenile Dermatomyositis. Indian Pediatr 57, 75–76 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-020-1712-2

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