Comparative analysis reveals environmental exposures affecting juvenile dermatomyositis onset in Brazil, suggesting implications for prevention and awareness.
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.
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