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 ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...