Juvenile myositis causes muscle inflammation and weakness, with skin rashes appearing after a few weeks. Juvenile dermatomyositis symptoms can include joint pain, muscle weakness, skin rashes, and ...

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by postnatal progressive heterotopic ossification of the connective tissue and congenital malformation ...

FOP is a disease in which muscles, tendons and ligaments are progressively replaced by bone, leading to eventual incapacitation Garetosmab is the first and only treatment to demonstrate a dramatic ...

Myositis is a group of conditions that cause muscle inflammation and weakness. Viral myositis occurs as a complication of a viral infection, such as influenza viruses or enteroviruses. Viral myositis, ...

Recent findings regarding interferon and Janus kinase inhibition may hold clues to improving outcomes in patients with complex myositis, according to a presenter at the Biologic Therapies Summit.

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Objectives Inflammatory myopathy or myositis is a heterogeneous family of immune-mediated diseases including dermatomyositis (DM), antisynthetase syndrome (AS), immune-mediated necrotising myopathy ...

Clostridial myositis, also known as gas gangrene, malignant edema, or clostridial myonecrosis, is an infection of skeletal muscle by any of several Clostridium species. Pathogenic bacteria within the ...

Inclusion body myositis (IBM) causes muscle weakness that may worsen over time and damage the muscles. The rate of this decline varies among individuals. This degenerative muscle condition is more ...

The positive predictive value (PPV) of myositis antibodies for diagnosing myositis and its related conditions differs by individual antibody type. Greater diagnostic accuracy is associated with ...