Without a single set of diagnostic criteria for identifying polymyositis, dermatomyositis, or myositis and scant evidence-based therapeutic guidelines, these rare muscle diseases can be hard to manage
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Tips for Myositis Management
Differentiating between subgroups of myositis is a diagnostic challenge for physicians, but using some guiding principles can be helpful,
Outstanding ARHP Program Planned for the ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The primary tracks at the meeting will focus on clinical practice, clinical science, basic science, and business/administration; four subtracks will include sessions relevant for educators, those interested in pediatrics, practice managers, and rheumatology trainees.
Inflammatory Myopathies in Children
Treatment options and recent research for juvenile dermatomyositis.
The Mystery of IVIg
Although initially given as replacement therapy for patients with primary and secondary immunodeficiency states, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) has proven to be effective in the treatment of various autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. This success has led to a dramatic increase in the use of IVIg, with its use as an antiinflammatory agent now vastly surpassing its use in the treatment of immunodeficiencies. Even so, the basis for the antiinflammatory activity of IVIg remains unclear.
New Approaches to Inflammatory Myopathy
Advances in diagnostic modalities and treatments emerge
For Myopathy Basic Diagnostic Rules Hold
Rare and challenging, idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are gaining from collaborative research
Rehabilitation and Myositis
Physical therapy to manage inflammatory muscle disease
Myositis Mysteries
Why isn’t my myositis patient getting better?
Clinical Cutting Edge
Updates on Sjogren’s syndrome, myositis, and vasculitis