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ArticleJAMA2011

Deciphering the clinical presentations, pathogenesis, and treatment of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.

Lisa G Rider, Frederick W Miller

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Article in JAMA, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Lisa G RiderEnvironmental Autoimmunity Group, Program of Clinical Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. riderl@mail.nih.gov
Frederick W Miller

Funding

Environmental/genetic Risk Factors and Pathogenesis of Autoimmune DiseaseZIAES101074 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI RIDER, LISA · 2009 to 2025
$34.6M
Assessment, Therapy and Prevention Of Autoimmune DiseaseZIAES101081 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI RIDER, LISA · 2009 to 2025
$17.6M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 ES999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA ES101074
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies or myositis syndromes (the most common forms are polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and inclusion body myositis) are systemic autoimmune diseases defined by chronic muscle weakness and inflammation of unknown etiology and result in significant morbidity and mortality. Research suggests that categorizing heterogeneous myositis syndromes into mutually exclusive and stable phenotypes by using clinical and immune response features is useful for predicting clinical signs and symptoms, associated genetic and environmental risk factors, and responses to therapy and prognosis. Knowledge of myositis phenotypes should enhance clinicians' ability to recognize and manage these rare disorders.

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MyositisAdultChildFemaleHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsPhenotypeRisk FactorsImmunosuppressive Agents

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PMID21224460
PMCPMC4047218

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