Objectives To determine prevalence and co-existence of myositis specific autoantibodies (MSAs)
and myositis associated autoantibodies (MAAs) and associated clinical characteristics …

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are chronic systemic autoimmune diseases
characterised by symmetrical, proximal muscle weakness. Dermatomyositis represents one subset …

Introduction/Aims In this study we investigated COVID‐19 vaccination–related adverse
events (ADEs) 7 days postvaccination in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) …

Association between cancer and myositis has been extensively reported and malignancy is
a potentially life-threating complication in myositis. In this retrospective study authors give an …

MicroRNA (miRNA) research has intensively developed over the past decade. Characterization
of dysregulated miRNA expression profiles could give a better understanding of the …

Myalgia, myopathy and myositis are the most important types of muscle impairment in
immune-mediated inflammatory arthropathies and connective tissue diseases. Multiple …

Pregnancy in autoimmune diseases may be complicated for both the fetus and the mother.
Polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM) are autoimmune diseases that affect women …

Introduction: Dermatomyositis is a rare heterogeneous systemic autoimmune disease with
multiple organ involvement which can result in significant disability and mortality. Despite the …

Objective. To identify early echocardiographic abnormalities at the time of diagnosis of
polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM) and follow the echocardiographic findings during …

Antiphospholipid syndrome is characterized by multiple arterial and/or venous thrombotic
events, recurrent fetal losses in the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL). …