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Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: Epidemiology, classification, and diagnostic criteria
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Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: Epidemiology, classification, and diagnostic criteria

F.L. Mastaglia and B.A. Phillips
Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America, Vol.28(4), pp.723-741
2002
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Abstract

The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a heterogeneous group of immune-mediated disorders, that may present in an isolated form, or in association with another autoimmune or connective tissue disease, a malignancy, or, rarely, an infection or other environmental exposure. This article summarizes recent findings on epidemiologic aspects of the three major varieties of IIM (dermatomyositis, polymyositis and inclusion body myositis) and proposes schemes for the classification and diagnostic criteria for these conditions.

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1 Clinical & Life Sciences
1.106 Rheumatology
1.106.1684 Dermatomyositis
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Rheumatology
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Clinical Medicine
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