Do you routinely perform muscle biopsies in patients presenting with the classic symptoms of Inclusion Body Myositis along with positive CN1A antibody?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
YES. There are new consensus guidelines from ENMC about the diagnosis of IBM (Lilleker et al., PMID 38522330). They define the clinical presentation of IBM as typical (age >45, progression over >12 months, long finger flexor weakness > deltoid weakness, quadriceps weakness > hip flexors)...