TY - JOUR
T1 - Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, and Autoimmune Necrotizing Myopathy
T2 - Clinical Features
AU - Khan, Sabiha
AU - Christopher-Stine, Lisa
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding/Support: Dr Christopher-Stine’s work is supported by NIH grant K23-AR-053197 .
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune disorders predominantly affecting skeletal muscles, resulting in muscle inflammation and weakness. The 3 most common inflammatory myopathies are polymyositis (PM), dermatomyositis (DM), and inclusion body myositis. This review details the clinical findings noted in PM, DM, and the emerging entity of autoimmune necrotizing myopathy.
AB - Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune disorders predominantly affecting skeletal muscles, resulting in muscle inflammation and weakness. The 3 most common inflammatory myopathies are polymyositis (PM), dermatomyositis (DM), and inclusion body myositis. This review details the clinical findings noted in PM, DM, and the emerging entity of autoimmune necrotizing myopathy.
KW - Dermatomyositis
KW - Inflammatory myopathy
KW - Myositis
KW - Polymyositis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rdc.2011.01.001
DO - 10.1016/j.rdc.2011.01.001
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21444016
AN - SCOPUS:79953031644
SN - 0889-857X
VL - 37
SP - 143
EP - 158
JO - Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America
JF - Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America
IS - 2
ER -