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Myositis

Dermatology & Immunology: Skin Issues Can Present Challenges

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SAN FRANCISCO—A 40-year-old woman shows up in the clinic with scarring alopecia, with an area of hyperpigmentation on the rim of her scalp, extending from just behind the temple to behind her ears. An examination with a dermatoscope shows hyperkeratotic follicular plugging. The case—in this example, the discoid form of cutaneous lupus erythematosus (DLE)—is one…

The Science of Chronic Itch

Shivani V. Tripathi, MD, & Brian S. Kim, MD, MTR  |  

Inside the pathophysiology, clinical presentations of chronic pruritus

Inflammatory Myopathies Difficult to Diagnose, Treat

Jonathan Jones, MD, and Robert Wortmann, MD  |  

Without a single set of diagnostic criteria for identifying polymyositis, dermatomyositis, or myositis and scant evidence-based therapeutic guidelines, these rare muscle diseases can be hard to manage

ACR Member Named PPAC Physician Researcher of the Year

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Captain Lisa Rider, MD, a physician-scientist and clinical researcher at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., was named 2011 Physician Researcher of the Year by the Physicians Professional Advisory Committee of the United States Public Health Service. The award was presented in recognition of her basic and clinical research into myositis. Her recent research findings have included: definitions of improvement as a primary composite endpoint for myositis clinical trials, discovery of a novel autoantibody in juvenile dermatomyositis and discovery of new immunogenetic risk factors for juvenile myositis. Her epidemiologic and clinical studies in myositis have made substantial contributions to public health practice.

Rehabilitation and Myositis

Michael O. Harris-Love, DSc, MPT  |  

Physical therapy to manage inflammatory muscle disease

Myositis Mysteries

Kathleen M. Coyle, MD, Paul H. Plotz, MD, and Mark F. Gourley, MD  |  

Why isn’t my myositis patient getting better?

Clinical Cutting Edge

Jane Jerrard  |  

Updates on Sjogren’s syndrome, myositis, and vasculitis