Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with myositis typically present with telltale muscle inflammation. However, properly identifying the ...

Q: I started to develop weakness that made it hard for me to get out of a chair. My doctor thinks it may be polymyositis and referred me to a specialist. What is this disease? A: Polymyositis (PM) is ...

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, known collectively as myositis, are chronic diseases that cause disability, mainly from muscle weakness, despite the use of immunosuppressive therapies. An improved ...

Inflammatory myopathies are the largest group of potentially treatable myopathies in children and adults. They constitute a heterogeneous group of disorders that are best classified, on the basis of ...