Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies represent a rare group of diseases characterized by a central role of autoimmune processes and the inflammation of skeletal muscle. There has been significant recent progress i
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies represent a rare group of diseases characterized by a central role of autoimmune processes and the inflammation of skeletal muscle. There has been significant recent progress in understanding disease pathogenesis, phenotyping subtypes of disease and investigating effective th...
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), also known as myositis, are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune disorders with varying clinical manifestations, treatment responses and prognoses. Muscle weakness is usually the classical clinical manifestation but other organs can be affected, including the skin,...
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The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a heterogeneous group of systemic autoimmune diseases that affect the skeletal muscles and can also involve the skin, joints, lungs and heart. The epidemiology of IIM is obscured by changing classification criteria and the inherent shortcomings of case...
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a heterogenous group of complex muscle diseases of unknown etiology. These diseases are characterized by progressive muscle weakness and damage, together with involvement of other organ systems. It is generally believed that the autoimmune response (autoreacti...
What are idiopathic inflammatory myopathies? Idiopathic: Idiopathic means that a disorder has no known cause. While all conditions must have a cause, medical tests and patient history analysis rules out all common causes and even a variety of lesser-known causes. While physicians may still be ab...
To study the occurrence of ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) compared to that in the general population and to investigate how it varies by sex, age, clinical subdiagnosis, and time since IIM diagnosis.All patients in Sweden with ...
Defining cardiac involvement in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: a systematic review. Rheumatology. 2021;61(1):103–120. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keab573 (Open in a new window)PubMed(Open in a new window)Google Scholar Haupt HM, Hutchins GM. The heart and cardiac conduction system in ...
Journal of Neurology (2024) 271:3186–3202 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-024-12191-w ORIGINAL COMMUNICATION Quantitative whole‑body muscle MRI in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies including polymyositis with mitochondrial pathology: indications for a disease spectrum Lea‑Katharina ...