Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), also known as myositis, are a heterogeneous
group of autoimmune disorders with varying clinical manifestations, treatment responses …

Dermatomyositis (DM) is an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy that is clinically
heterogeneous and that can be difficult to diagnose. Cutaneous manifestations sometimes …

Abstract The American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) Journal of Clinical Apheresis (JCA)
Special Issue Writing Committee is charged with reviewing, updating, and categorizing …

Objectives To determine prevalence and co-existence of myositis specific autoantibodies
(MSAs) and myositis associated autoantibodies (MAAs) and associated clinical …

Inflammatory disorders of the skeletal muscle include polymyositis (PM), dermatomyositis
(DM),(immune mediated) necrotizing myopathy (NM), overlap syndrome with myositis …

Objectives To identify clinical factors associated with cancer risk in the idiopathic
inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) and to systematically review the existing evidence related to …

Anti-synthetase syndrome (ASSD) is an autoimmune disease characterized by the presence
of autoantibodies targeting one of several aminoacyl t-RNA synthetases (aaRSs) along with …

Objective Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the most important prognostic factor for mortality in
patients with polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM), but the prevalence of ILD in …

The aim of the study was to summarize current knowledge on antisynthetase syndrome
(ASS), including its epidemiology, pathogenesis, proposed so far diagnostic criteria …

Background: Cardiac troponin (cTn) T and cTnI are considered cardiac specific and
equivalent in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. Previous studies suggested rare …