Myositis, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America - 9780443347597

Myositis, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North AmericaAuthor(s): Julie J. Paik, Tahseen Mozaffar\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Elsevier Health Sciences, United Kingdom\nImprint: Churchill Livingstone\nISBN-13: 9780443347597, 978-0443347597\nSynopsis\nIn this issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics, guest editors Drs. Julie J. Paik and Tahseen Mozaffar bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Myositis. Top experts explore key topics, including autoantibodies in myositis: can they predict disease course?; classification criteria in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: is it time for an update?; diagnostic evaluation for myositis and their pitfalls; updated diagnostic criteria in IBM; and more.\n\nContains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including emerging treatments in IBM; recent advances in exercise therapy for myositis; promising treatments in juvenile dermatomyositis; mythology of polymyositis; and more\nProvides in-depth clinical reviews on myositis, offering as