Managing Myositis. A Practical Guide

Front Matter ....Pages i-xx
 Introduction to Myositis  (Adam Schiffenbauer, Frederick W. Miller)....Pages 1-6
 Myositis Basics/Who Gets Myositis  (Matthew J. S. Parker, Hector Chinoy, Robert G. Cooper, Janine A. Lamb)....Pages 7-15
 Evaluating the Patient with Suspected Myositis  (Rohit Aggarwal, Chester V. Oddis)....Pages 17-24
 Asymptomatic HyperCKemia  (Siamak Moghadam-Kia, Rohit Aggarwal)....Pages 25-35
 Clinical Features of Myositis: Muscular Manifestations  (Jiri Vencovsky)....Pages 37-46
 Clinical Features of Myositis: Skin Manifestations  (Peter B. Chansky, Victoria P. Werth)....Pages 47-55
 Clinical Features of Myositis: Lung Manifestations  (Sonye K. Danoff)....Pages 57-62
 Clinical Features of Myositis: Cardiac Manifestations  (Sangmee Bae, Christina Charles-Schoeman)....Pages 63-74
 Clinical Features of Myositis: Arthritis, Raynaud Phenomenon, Constitutional  (Kristina E. N. Clark, David A. Isenberg)....Pages 75-80
 Clinical Features of Myositis: Juvenile Dermatomyositis  (Adam M. Huber)....Pages 81-89
 Making the Diagnosis of Myositis: Definition and Classification of Myositis  (Valérie Leclair, Ingrid E. Lundberg)....Pages 91-98
 Making the Diagnosis of Myositis: Electrodiagnostic Testing  (David Lacomis)....Pages 99-108
 Making the Diagnosis of Myositis: Muscle Biopsy and Interpretation  (David Lacomis)....Pages 109-124
 Making the Diagnosis of Myositis: Skin Biopsy and Interpretation   (Inbal Sander)....Pages 125-130
 Making the Diagnosis of Myositis: Lung Biopsy and Interpretation  (Frank Schneider, Patty Chen)....Pages 131-144
 Making the Diagnosis of Myositis: Muscle MRI  (Jonas Lötscher, Balazs K. Kovacs, Ulrich A. Walker)....Pages 145-160
 Making the Diagnosis of Myositis: Laboratory Testing in Myositis  (Olivier Benveniste, Lucile Musset)....Pages 161-166
 Role of ANA and Myositis Autoantibodies in Diagnosis  (Neil J. McHugh, Ira N. Targoff)....Pages 167-174
 Role of Myositis Autoantibodies in Management and Prognosis  (Takahisa Gono, Masataka Kuwana)....Pages 175-180
 Traditional Myositis Autoantibodies: Synthetase, Mi-2, SRP, Ku, PM-Scl, Ro, U1RNP  (Samera Vaseer, Ira N. Targoff)....Pages 181-192
 Dermatomyositis-Associated Autoantibodies: TIF1-γ, NXP2, and MDA5  (Takahisa Gono, Masataka Kuwana)....Pages 193-198
 Newly Described Myositis Autoantibodies: HMGCR, NT5C1A, SAE, PUF60  (Zoe Betteridge, Neil J. McHugh)....Pages 199-207
 Myositis Mimics: The Differential Diagnosis of Myositis  (Harlan Michelle, Andrew L. Mammen)....Pages 209-223
 Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM)  (Brittany Adler, Lisa Christopher-Stine)....Pages 225-235
 Cancer-Associated Myositis  (Albert Selva-O’Callaghan, Ernesto Trallero-Araguás, Iago Pinal-Fernandez)....Pages 237-245
 Myositis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease  (Sonye K. Danoff)....Pages 247-256
 Pregnancy in Myositis  (Melinda Nagy-Vincze, Katalin Dankó)....Pages 257-266
 Pathogenesis of Myositis  (Dana P. Ascherman)....Pages 267-274
 Management Considerations: Pharmacologic Intervention  (Chester V. Oddis, Rohit Aggarwal)....Pages 275-283
 Management Considerations: Juvenile Dermatomyositis  (Jeffrey Dvergsten, Ann Reed)....Pages 285-298
 Management Considerations: Refractory Skin Rash and Calcinosis  (Matthew A. Lewis, David F. Fiorentino)....Pages 299-314
 Management Considerations: Interstitial Lung Disease  (Tracy J. Doyle, Paul F. Dellaripa)....Pages 315-322
 Role of Exercise in the Management of Myositis  (Helene Alexanderson, Malin Regardt)....Pages 323-334
 Dietary Considerations in Myositis  (Kun Huang, Rohit Aggarwal)....Pages 335-344
 Distinguishing Disease Activity and Damage in Myositis  (Rodolfo Curiel, Lisa G. Rider)....Pages 345-354
Back Matter ....Pages 355-364