The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are characterized by muscle weakness, skin
disease and internal organ involvement. Autoimmunity is known to have a role in myositis …

Introduction Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a frequent manifestation of connective tissue
disease (CTD) with substantial variability in prevalence and outcomes reported across CTD …

The prognosis of patients with connective tissue disease (CTD) has improved significantly in
recent years, but interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with connective tissue disease …

Background Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is frequently observed in anti-melanoma
differentiation-associated protein 5 (MDA5) antibody positive dermatomyositis (DM) and anti …

Abstract Objectives Myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSAs) are associated with clinical
phenotypes in polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM). No study has investigated the clinical …

OBJECTIVE. A substantial proportion of cases of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) are due
to connective tissue disease (CTD)-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD). The purpose of …

Objective. To compare the clinical characteristics and identify the longterm outcomes of
Chinese patients with different antisynthetase antibodies. Methods. We investigated …

The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a diverse group of connective tissue
diseases characterized by varying degrees of muscle inflammation and systemic …

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, including polymyositis (PM), dermatomyositis (DM), and
clinically amyopathic DM (CADM), are a diverse group of autoimmune diseases …

Objective: This study was conducted to identify the characteristics and prognosis of rapidly
progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD) in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) and …