The inflammatory myopathies encompass a group of heterogenous muscle diseases which
have in common an acquired myopathy with histological signs of endomysial inflammation …

On the basis of clinical, laboratory, prognostic, therapeutic, demographic, histologic, and
immunopathologic criteria, the inflammatory myopathies (IM) have been divided into three …

Polymyositis, dermatomyositis and inclusion body myosi-tis represent the major categories
of inflammatory muscle disēase seenīn cliñicālpractice. It is implicitly accepted that these …

The inflammatory myopathies are a heterogeneous group of muscle diseases characterized
by muscle degeneration mediated by inflammatory processes. They may be idiopathic, as in …

The three major forms of immune‐mediated inflammatory myopathy are dermatomyositis
(DM), polymyositis (PM), and inclusion‐body myositis (IBM). They each have distinctive …

and Dermatomyositis Butterworths, 1988], it appēārs, based on rather distinct clinical,
morphologic and immunopathologic criteria, that the vast majority of them fall into three main …

The T cell-mediated mechanism responsible for Polymyositis and inclusion Body Myositis
and the complement-mediated microangiopathy associated with Dermatomyositis are …

The inflammatory myopathies, including dermatomyositis, inclusion body myositis, and
polymyositis, are poorly understood autoimmune diseases affecting skeletal muscle …

MC Dalakas (2011) Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology37, 226–242 An update on
inflammatory and autoimmune myopathies The review provides an update on the diagnosis …

Based on unique clinicopathological criteria, the most common immune inflammatory
muscle disorders include Dermatomyositis (DM), Polymyositis (PM), Necrotizing Myositis …