Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) comprise a group of inflammatory disorders in which there is chronic inflammation of skeletal muscle. This is then followed by muscle weakness. One type of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with myositis typically present with telltale muscle inflammation. However, properly identifying the ...

Inflammatory myositis is a systematic autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of muscle tissue, especially the muscles that control the movement of the body. There are several types of myositis, ...

The positive predictive value (PPV) of myositis antibodies for diagnosing myositis and its related conditions differs by individual antibody type. Greater diagnostic accuracy is associated with ...

Belonging to the same group of autoimmune diseases, both dermatomyositis and polymyositis cause muscle inflammation and weakness. But dermatomyositis also affects your skin and is more likely to ...

Few controlled studies are available to guide treatment strategies in dermatomyositis (DM), and treatment recommendations for DM have mostly been based on case series, case reports, and expert opinion ...

Commercial autoantibody testing showed no significant differences in the prevalence of myositis-specific and myositis-associated autoantibodies between patients with classic dermatomyositis and those ...

Inflammatory myopathies are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune diseases characterized by immune-mediated damage to skeletal muscle. They are classified into five major subtypes: inclusion-body ...