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Liza J McCann

Researcher at University of Liverpool

Publications -  72
Citations -  2861

Liza J McCann is an academic researcher from University of Liverpool. The author has contributed to research in topics: Juvenile dermatomyositis & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 62 publications receiving 2143 citations. Previous affiliations of Liza J McCann include Boston Children's Hospital & National Health Service.

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Two randomized trials of canakinumab in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis

TL;DR: These two phase 3 studies show the efficacy and safety of canakinumab in systemic JIA with active systemic features, and among the 100 patients who underwent randomization in the withdrawal phase, the risk of flare was lower among patients who continued to receive canakinUMab than among those who were switched to placebo.
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The Juvenile Dermatomyositis National Registry and Repository (UK and Ireland)—clinical characteristics of children recruited within the first 5 yr

TL;DR: The current study reports the largest European cohort of children with dermatomyositis to date, and a fuller analysis of poor prognostic features, impact of therapy, and variable outcome of childhood myositis.
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The EuroMyositis registry: an international collaborative tool to facilitate myositis research

TL;DR: The findings emphasise that IIM is a multisystem inflammatory disease and will help inform prognosis and clinical management of patients, and demonstrate the importance of extramuscular involvement in patients with IIM, its association with smoking and its influence on disease severity.