The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) affect more than 60,000 individuals in the
United States and an estimated 770,000 worldwide. 1 Although widely considered a disease …

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 …

Backgrounds: Acute exacerbation (AE) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is increasingly
recognized as a relatively common and highly morbid clinical event. However, clinical data …

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

Idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) is a group of rare connective tissue diseases (CTDs)
characterised by muscular and extramuscular signs, in which lung involvement is a …

Although interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in
patients with inflammatory myopathies, the current definition and diagnostic criteria of …

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

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a challenging clinical entity associated with multiple
connective tissue diseases, and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Effective …

The aim of the study was to investigate the characteristics of adult clinically amyopathic
dermatomyositis (CADM) with rapid progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD). Hospitalized …

Background Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common manifestation of polymyositis (PM),
dermatomyositis (DM), and clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM); however, little is …