Neurology

Myositis   

Questions discussed in this category


Especially in an inpatient setting when EMG is not immediately available.

Will you still favor starting with steroids and traditional immunosuppressive agents, move IVIG earlier in your treatment strategy, or start with IVIG...

How would you treat a patient with necrotizing myopathy with positive anti-HMHCoR Ab (and low TIF1 gamma) that failed prednisone + Cellcept, IVIG + Ce...

In patients presenting with likely statin-induced myopathy versus statin-induced autoimmune necrotizing myopathy - how do you approach the decision re...

How do you counsel young adults with antibody-negative necrotizing myopathy on prognosis, risk of recurrence, and long-term monitoring/treatment?

Specifically, how do you treat the delayed headache, not the headache that develops during the infusion where pre-hydration and slowing down the rate ...

Myositis specific antibodies and pathology results often take weeks to result.  In which cases do you start therapy before the diagnosis is solid...


Papers discussed in this category


N Engl J Med, 2022 Oct 06

J Clin Rheumatol, 2021 Sep 23

The New England journal of medicine, 2015-10-22

Rheumatol Int, 2019 Feb 18

Brain : a journal of neurology, 2016-05

Scand J Rheumatol, 2018 May 18

Arthritis Rheumatol, 2021 Apr 01

Current rheumatology reports, 2015-10

Curr Opin Rheumatol,

Ann Rheum Dis, 2017 Dec

Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2017-06-01

Autoimmun Rev, 2012 Jul 05

J Immunol Methods, 2016 Feb 18

Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, 2016-01

The British journal of dermatology, 2019-11

J Am Acad Dermatol, 2020 Sep 04

Rheumatology (Oxford),

Medicine (Baltimore), 2016 Aug

BMJ, 2021 Jun 23

The New England journal of medicine, 1993-12-30

Journal of clinical apheresis, 2022 Feb 04

Continuum (Minneap Minn), 2022 Dec 1