Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recently presented research showed MRI may be a helpful tool for monitoring disease activity in patients with ...

Head and neck cancer (HNC) occurred in a small but distinct subgroup of patients with dermatomyositis (DM), in a retrospective study that also found that most cases presented with myositis and neck ...

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 ...

Dermatomyositis is a medical condition that causes muscle weakness and rashes. According to The Johns Hopkins Myositis Center, women are twice as likely as men to experience dermatomyositis. Although ...

Brepocitinib is a first-in-class, oral, selective TYK2–JAK1 inhibitor that blocks cytokine signaling, which has been implicated in dermatomyositis. In this phase 3, double-blind, randomized, ...

Dermatomyositis is diagnosed more frequently in Women than Men. Multifactorial Etiology: Dermatomyositis is believed to result from a complex interaction of genetic, environmental, and immunological ...

We conducted a randomized, placebo-controlled trial involving patients with active dermatomyositis. The patients were assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive IVIG at a dose of 2.0 g per kilogram of body ...

Belonging to the same group of autoimmune diseases, both dermatomyositis and polymyositis cause muscle inflammation and weakness. But dermatomyositis also affects your skin and is more likely to ...

Dermatomyositis and lupus are autoimmune conditions that may share symptoms like skin rashes, muscle weakness, and chronic inflammation. Dermatomyositis may involve lung complications and skin ulcers, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The use of MRI may add value to the detection of disease activity in patients with myositis compared to the ...