Inflammatory myopathies, collectively known as myositis, are heterogeneous disorders
characterised by muscle inflammation, and frequently accompanied by extramuscular …

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

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

Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is often viewed as an enigmatic disease with uncertain
pathogenic mechanisms and confusion around diagnosis, classification and prospects for …

The discovery of novel autoantigen systems related to idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
(collectively referred to as myositis) in adults and children has had major implications for the …

Connective tissue diseases (CTDs) such as systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic
sclerosis, myositis, Sjögren's syndrome, and rheumatoid arthritis are systemic diseases …

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of diseases characterized by immune-
mediated muscular lesions that may be associated with extra-muscular manifestations …

Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a progressive muscle disease affecting patients over the
age of 40, with distinctive clinical and histopathological features. The typical clinical …

Overlap myositis is associated with antisynthetase antibodies (Abs) or those associated with
sclerodermia (anti-RNP, Ku and PM-ScL). Dermatomyositis is associated with anti-Mi2 …

The major forms of autoimmune myopathies include dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis
(PM), myositis associated with antisynthetase syndrome (ASS), immune-mediated …