Author/Editor		Krajnc, Ivan
Title		Dermatomyositis: diagnosis and evaluation of dermatomyositis, polymyositis, and inclusion-body myositis
Type		članek
Source		In: Mallia C, Uitto J, editors. RheumaDerm: current issues in rheumatology and dermatology. Proceedings of the international conference RheumaDerm '97; 1997 dec 3-7; Valetta, Malta. New York: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers,
Publication year		1999
Volume		str. 181-6
Language		eng
Abstract		In diseases of an unknown etiology, such as the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, we must tackle first of all the question of classification and the degree of disease activity before we can institute treatment. The majority of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are diagnosed clinically and confirmed by biopsy. The presently applicable methods of diagnosis and evaluation of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy have certain limitations, and hence it is necessary to apply new methods of rating the disease activities. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and 99m-technetium muscle-scanning are the latest noninvasive methods for evaluation of disease activities with myositis. Future laboratory methods to determine the numerous myositis-specific autoantibodies will probably enable identification of subsets of these diseases.
Descriptors		DERMATOMYOSITIS POLYMYOSITIS MYOSITIS, INCLUSION BODY AUTOANTIBODIES