Treatment consensus for management of polymyositis and dermatomyositis among rheumatologists, neurologists and dermatologists

2017 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Adult and Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies and Their Major Subgroups

(2017) Ingrid E. Lundberg et al.   Arthritis & Rheumatology

Long-term efficacy of intravenously administered immunoglobulin in a case of polymyositis with limited application of steroid therapy

(2014) Hideki Nakamura et al.   Modern Rheumatology

Diffuse alveolar damage in patients with dermatomyositis: a six-case series

(2014) Yuko Matsuki et al.   Modern Rheumatology

Amyopathic dermatomyositis developing rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease with elevation of anti-CADM-140/MDA5 autoantibodies

(2014) Shinji Sato et al.   Modern Rheumatology

Effects of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in Japanese patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis resistant to corticosteroids: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial

(2014) Nobuyuki Miyasaka et al.   Modern Rheumatology

Early diagnosis and treatment for remission of clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis complicated by rapid progress interstitial lung disease: a report of two cases

(2014) Yoshiro Horai et al.   Modern Rheumatology

Marked increase in serum KL-6 and surfactant protein D levels during the first 4 weeks after treatment predicts poor prognosis in patients with active interstitial pneumonia associated with polymyositis/dermatomyositis

(2014) Satoko Arai et al.   Modern Rheumatology

Anti-CADM-140/MDA5 autoantibody titer correlates with disease activity and predicts disease outcome in patients with dermatomyositis and rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease

(2014) Shinji Sato et al.   Modern Rheumatology

Anakinra treatment in patients with refractory inflammatory myopathies and possible predictive response biomarkers: a mechanistic study with 12 months follow-up

(2013) Mei Zong et al.   ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Fat-Corrected T2 Measurement as a Marker of Active Muscle Disease in Inflammatory Myopathy

(2012) Lawrence Yao et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY

Rituximab in the treatment of refractory adult and juvenile dermatomyositis and adult polymyositis: A randomized, placebo-phase trial

(2012) Chester V. Oddis et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Comparison of long-term outcome between anti-Jo1- and anti-PL7/PL12 positive patients with antisynthetase syndrome

(2012) I. Marie et al.   AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS

Hierarchical cluster and survival analyses of antisynthetase syndrome: Phenotype and outcome are correlated with anti-tRNA synthetase antibody specificity

(2012) Baptiste Hervier et al.   AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS

Treatment of dyslipidemia in idiopathic inflammatory myositis: results of the International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies Group survey

(2012) Christina Charles-Schoeman et al.   CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY

Management of cutaneous dermatomyositis

(2012) Christina Lam et al.   Dermatologic Therapy

Calcinosis universalis complicating juvenile dermatomyositis: Improvement after intravenous immunoglobulin therapy

(2012) Meriem Touimy et al.   JOINT BONE SPINE

Abatacept and Sodium Thiosulfate for Treatment of Recalcitrant Juvenile Dermatomyositis Complicated by Ulceration and Calcinosis

(2012) Bita Arabshahi et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

The Myositis Activities Profile -- Initial Validation for Assessment of Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis in the USA

(2012) H. ALEXANDERSON et al.   JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY

Distinct phenotypes in mixed connective tissue disease: subgroups and survival

(2012) P Szodoray et al.   LUPUS

Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: Current Trends in Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, and Up-to-Date Treatment Recommendations

(2012) Floranne C. Ernste et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

Inflammatory Myopathies With Anti-Ku Antibodies

(2012) Aude Rigolet et al.   MEDICINE

Evidence-based guideline: Intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of neuromuscular disorders: Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

(2012) H. S. Patwa et al.   NEUROLOGY

The diagnostic utility of anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody testing for predicting the prognosis of Japanese patients with DM

(2012) T. Koga et al.   RHEUMATOLOGY

Anti-MDA5 antibody, ferritin and IL-18 are useful for the evaluation of response to treatment in interstitial lung disease with anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis

(2012) T. Gono et al.   RHEUMATOLOGY

Clinical manifestations of dermatomyositis and clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis patients with positive expression of anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody

(2012) Hua Cao et al.   ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH

Predictors of survival in a cohort of patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis: effect of corticosteroids, methotrexate and azathioprine

(2012) Elena Schiopu et al.   ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY

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(2012) Isabelle Marie   Current Rheumatology Reports

Interstitial Lung Disease in Myositis: Clinical Subsets, Biomarkers, and Treatment

(2012) Tsuneyo Mimori et al.   Current Rheumatology Reports

A randomized, pilot trial of etanercept in dermatomyositis

(2011)   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Clinical Correlations With Dermatomyositis-Specific Autoantibodies in Adult Japanese Patients With Dermatomyositis

(2011) Yasuhito Hamaguchi et al.   ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY

Therapeutic approaches in the treatment of juvenile dermatomyositis in patients with recent-onset disease and in those experiencing disease flare: An international multicenter PRINTO study

(2011) Rachana Hasija et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Short-term and long-term outcomes of interstitial lung disease in polymyositis and dermatomyositis: A series of 107 patients

(2011) I. Marie et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: Definition and management of refractory disease

(2011) Mariana Brandão et al.   AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS

Therapeutic plasma exchange for the management of refractory systemic autoimmune diseases: Report of 31 cases and review of the literature

(2011) Guillermo J. Pons-Estel et al.   AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS

Therapy of polymyositis and dermatomyositis

(2011) Isabelle Marie et al.   AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS

Polymyositis Associated With Severe Interstitial Lung Disease

(2011) Catherine J. Bakewell et al.   CHEST

Efficacy of low-dose methotrexate in the treatment of dermatomyositis skin lesions

(2011) T. Hornung et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Survival analysis of patients with dermatomyositis and polymyositis

(2011) Kuang-Hui Yu et al.   CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY

Combination with corticosteroids and cyclosporin-A improves pulmonary function test results and chest HRCT findings in dermatomyositis patients with acute/subacute interstitial pneumonia

(2011) Takuya Kotani et al.   CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY

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(2011) B. Jane Distad et al.   Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Immunotherapy of Inflammatory Myopathies: Practical Approach and Future Prospects

(2011) Marinos C. Dalakas   Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Abatacept for treatment of refractory polymyositis

(2011) Jorge L. Musuruana et al.   JOINT BONE SPINE

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(2011) Joshua Solomon et al.   Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Longterm Survival and Associated Risk Factors in Patients with Adult-onset Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies and Amyopathic Dermatomyositis: Experience in a Single Institute in Japan

(2011) Y. YAMASAKI et al.   JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY

Juvenile Dermatomyositis: Immunopathogenesis, Role of Myositis-Specific Autoantibodies, and Review of Rituximab Use

(2011) Yvonne E. Chiu et al.   PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY

HRCT features of interstitial lung disease in dermatomyositis with anti-CADM-140 antibody

(2011) Kiminobu Tanizawa et al.   RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

Disappearance of anti-MDA-5 autoantibodies in clinically amyopathic DM/interstitial lung disease during disease remission

(2011) Y. Muro et al.   RHEUMATOLOGY

Therapeutic effect of tocilizumab on two patients with polymyositis

(2011) M. Narazaki et al.   RHEUMATOLOGY

Dermatomiosite vesiculobolhosa como manifestação paraneoplásica de tumores sincrônicos de próstata e língua: relato de caso

(2011) Paula Renaux Caratta et al.   Revista Brasileira De Reumatologia

An Official American Thoracic Society Statement: Treatment of Fungal Infections in Adult Pulmonary and Critical Care Patients

(2010) Andrew H. Limper et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor–Associated Dermatomyositis

(2010) Rachel Klein et al.   ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY

Etanercept-induced anti-Jo-1-antibody-positive polymyositis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis: a case report and review of the literature

(2010) Yuki Ishikawa et al.   CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY

Successful treatment with tacrolimus of progressive interstitial pneumonia associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis refractory to cyclosporine

(2010) Masaru Ando et al.   CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY

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(2010) David J Glass   CURRENT OPINION IN CLINICAL NUTRITION AND METABOLIC CARE

Neurologists are from Mars. Rheumatologists are from Venus: differences in approach to classifying the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

(2010) Lisa Christopher-Stine   CURRENT OPINION IN RHEUMATOLOGY

Clinical and Pathological Findings of Interstitial Lung Disease Patients with Anti-Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Autoantibodies

(2010) Yoshimizu Koreeda et al.   INTERNAL MEDICINE

Clinical cardiac involvement in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: A systematic review

(2010) Raghav Gupta et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Cardiological features in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

(2010) Chiara Bazzani et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Severe and refractory myositis in mixed connective tissue disease: a description of a rare case

(2010) CC Bonin et al.   LUPUS

Immunotherapy of myositis: issues, concerns and future prospects

(2010) Marinos C. Dalakas   Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Oral dexamethasone pulse therapy versus daily prednisolone in sub-acute onset myositis, a randomised clinical trial

(2010) J. van de Vlekkert et al.   NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS

Increased ferritin predicts development and severity of acute interstitial lung disease as a complication of dermatomyositis

(2010) T. Gono et al.   RHEUMATOLOGY

Infectious Complications in Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis: A Series of 279 Patients

(2010) Isabelle Marie et al.   SEMINARS IN ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Mycophenolate mofetil: A possible therapeutic agent for children with juvenile dermatomyositis

(2010) Kelly A. Rouster-Stevens et al.   ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH

Intravenous immunoglobulins for steroid-refractory esophageal involvement related to polymyositis and dermatomyositis: A series of 73 patients

(2010) I. Marie et al.   ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH

Rituximab therapy for myopathy associated with anti-signal recognition particle antibodies: A case series

(2010) Ritu Valiyil et al.   ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH

Cutaneous Manifestations of Dermatomyositis and Their Management

(2010) Jeffrey P. Callen   Current Rheumatology Reports

Interleukin-6 and type I interferon-regulated genes and chemokines mark disease activity in dermatomyositis

(2009) Hatice Bilgic et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Complete and sustained remission of juvenile dermatomyositis resulting from aggressive treatment

(2009) Susan Kim et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Polymyositis with dysphagia treated with endoscopic balloon dilatation

(2009) Hiromi Nagano et al.   AURIS NASUS LARYNX

Intravenous immunoglobulin as add on treatment with mycophenolate mofetil in severe myositis

(2009) Maria Giovanna Danieli et al.   AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS

Juvenile dermatomyositis: new developments in pathogenesis, assessment and treatment

(2009) Lucy R. Wedderburn et al.   BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH IN CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY

Clinical Differences Between Interstitial Lung Disease Associated With Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis and Classic Dermatomyositis

(2009) Hiroshi Mukae et al.   CHEST

Amyopathic dermatomyositis or dermatomyositis-like skin disease: retrospective review of 16 cases with amyopathic dermatomyositis

(2009) Hua Cao et al.   CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY

Antisynthetases syndrome associated with right heart failure

(2009) Latifa Tahiri et al.   JOINT BONE SPINE

Complete resolution of universal calcinosis in a patient with juvenile dermatomyositis using pamidronate

(2009) Samy Slimani et al.   JOINT BONE SPINE

Calcinosis cutis associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis: Response to intravenous immunoglobulin

(2009) Yeray Peñate et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY

Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy for Refractory Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis

(2009) Yuzo Suzuki et al.   LUNG

Massive Gluteal Calcinosis in a 10-Year-Old Girl with Juvenile Dermatomyositis: Successful Surgical Management

(2009) Agata Vitale et al.   PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

The RIG-I-like receptor IFIH1/MDA5 is a dermatomyositis-specific autoantigen identified by the anti-CADM-140 antibody

(2009) Ran Nakashima et al.   RHEUMATOLOGY

A high incidence of disease flares in an open pilot study of infliximab in patients with refractory inflammatory myopathies

(2008) M Dastmalchi et al.   ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Preliminary validation and clinical meaning of the cutaneous assessment tool in juvenile dermatomyositis

(2008) Adam M. Huber et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Treatment of refractory juvenile dermatomyositis with tacrolimus

(2008) Jihaan Hassan et al.   CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY

Open-Label Trial of Anti-TNF-α in Dermato- and Polymyositis Treated Concomitantly with Methotrexate

(2008) G.J.D. Hengstman et al.   EUROPEAN NEUROLOGY

The treatment and prognosis of dermatomyositis: An updated review

(2008) Luciano J. Iorizzo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY

Successful resection of dermatomyositis associated with thymic carcinoma: Report of a case

(2008) Fumiyuki Takahashi et al.   SURGERY TODAY

Successful treatment of cardiac involvement in dermatomyositis with rituximab

(2007) Zahi Touma et al.   JOINT BONE SPINE