DERMATOMYOSITIS, POLYMYOSITIS AND INCLUSION-BODY MYOSITIS - CURRENT CONCEPTS

Authors
ILLA I DALAKAS MC
Citation
I. Illa et Mc. Dalakas, DERMATOMYOSITIS, POLYMYOSITIS AND INCLUSION-BODY MYOSITIS - CURRENT CONCEPTS, Revue neurologique, 154(1), 1998, pp. 13-16
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Revue neurologique → ACNP
ISSN journal
00353787
Volume
154
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
13 - 16
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-3787(1998)154:1<13:DPAIM->2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Dermatomysitis (DM), Polymyosistis (PM), and Inclusion-Body Myositis ( IBM) are the three major inflammatory myopathies (IM) (Dalakas, 1991; Karpati et Carpenter, 1993; Engel et al,, 1994; Hohlfeld et Engel, 199 4). We will provide an update on the clinical characteristics, diagnos tic criteria, and pathogenetic mechanisms that separate each one of th ese myopathies and discuss the current approach to treatment.