Objective To develop and validate new classification criteria for adult and juvenile idiopathic
inflammatory myopathies (IIM) and their major subgroups. Methods Candidate variables …

Bacterial contamination of the uterine lumen after parturition occurs in most dairy cattle. The
presence of clinical endometritis beyond three weeks post partum depends on the balance …

Objective To develop response criteria for adult dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM).
Methods Expert surveys, logistic regression, and conjoint analysis were used to develop …

Rationale Health status is impaired in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD). There is a
paucity of tools that assess health status in ILD. The objective of this study was to develop …

Background Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are chronic diseases with significant
mortality and morbidity. Whilst immunosuppressive and immunomodulatory therapies are …

… Patrick Gordon , Patrick Gordon … Jo Ledingham, Nicola Gullick, Katherine Irving, Rachel
Gorodkin, Melissa Aris, Jean Burke, Patrick Gordon, Dimitrios Christidis, Sarah Galloway, Eranga …

Objectives To identify clinical factors associated with cancer risk in the idiopathic inflammatory
myopathies (IIMs) and to systematically review the existing evidence related to cancer …

Objective To describe the methodology used to develop new classification criteria for adult
and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) and their major subgroups. Methods …

Background Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) is a multi-system autoimmune condition
characterised by muscle inflammation (myositis), interstitial lung disease (ILD), and skin …

Several uncontrolled studies have encouraged the use of rituximab (RTX) in patients with
myositis. Unfortunately, the first placebo-phase trial to assess the efficacy of RTX in refractory …