Gastrointestinal Calcinosis as a Rare Cause of Death in Juvenile Polymyositis

authors:

avatar Maryam Broomand 1 , avatar Vahid Ziaee ORCID 1 , 2 , 3 , avatar Mohammad-Hassan Moradinejad 1 , 3 , avatar Hosein Alimadadi ORCID 1 , 3 , *

Children’s Medical Center, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Tehran, Iran
Pediatric Rheumatology Research Group, Rheumatology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Department of Pediatrics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Iranian Journal of Pediatrics: Vol.29, issue 2; e63947
published online: April 13, 2019
article type: Letter
received: November 11, 2017
revised: August 12, 2018
accepted: August 17, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp.63947

how to cite: Broomand M, Ziaee V, Moradinejad M, Alimadadi H. Gastrointestinal Calcinosis as a Rare Cause of Death in Juvenile Polymyositis. Iran J Pediatr. 2019;29(2):e63947. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp.63947.

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