Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), also known as myositis, are a heterogeneous
group of autoimmune disorders with varying clinical manifestations, treatment responses and …

Objective To assess the safety and efficacy of rituximab in a randomized, double‐blind,
placebo‐phase trial in adult and pediatric myositis patients. Methods Adults with refractory …

Creating Web processes using Web service technology gives us the opportunity for selecting
new services, which best suit our need at the moment. Doing this automatically requires us …

… ROHIT AGGARWAL,1 SARAH RINGOLD,2 DINESH KHANNA,3 TUHINA NEOGI,4
SINDHU R. JOHNSON,5 AMY MILLER,6 HERMINE I. BRUNNER,7 RIKKE OGAWA,8 …

How to manage a patient who has an elevated serum creatine kinase (CK) level but no or
insignificant muscle-related signs and symptoms is a clinical conundrum. The authors provide …

Objective To describe the classification, demographic and clinical features, and survival in
anti–U3 RNP autoantibody–positive patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods Medical …

OBJECTIVE: In this article we focus on the role that chemokines and chemokine receptors
play in the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma and the associated bone destructive process, …

Objective. To assess clinical outcomes including imaging findings on computed tomography
(CT), pulmonary function testing (PFT), and glucocorticoid (GC) use in patients with the …

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

… Aggarwal and Rider contributed equally to this work. Drs. Miller and Vencovsky contributed
… Aggarwal and Rider had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for …