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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: diagnostic criteria, classification and epidemiological features |
Author: | Cox, S. Limaye, V. Hill, C. Blumbergs, P. Roberts-Thomson, P. |
Citation: | International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 2010; 13(2):117-124 |
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
ISSN: | 1756-1841 1756-185X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Sally Cox, Vidya Limaye, Catherine Hill, Peter Blumbergs and Peter Roberts-Thomson |
Abstract: | Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of rare autoimmune disorders characterized by muscle inflammation and progressive weakness. The cause of IIM is unclear but it is believed that disease expression may be triggered by unknown factors in genetically predisposed individuals. Diagnosis is based on a combination of clinical, laboratory and electromyography findings. Muscle biopsy is the definitive diagnostic test. Research into IIM has been limited by the rarity of the disease, a somewhat insidious onset, difficulties with classification and diagnostic methods and heterogeneous study populations making cross-study evaluations difficult. This paper reviews the diagnostic and classification criteria of the IIM and examines epidemiological studies that have been performed, focusing on demographics. |
Keywords: | classification diagnosis epidemiology idiopathic inflammatory myositis. |
Rights: | © 2010 Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology and Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd. |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2010.01472.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-185x.2010.01472.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Pathology publications |
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