Understanding the disease While dermatomyositis isn't super common, the inflammatory condition greatly affects the muscles and skin. It typically occurs in women rather than men, especially those ...

A study has shed new light on the mechanisms behind idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (myositis), a group of systemic ...

New research examining the skeletal muscle cells of patients with inclusion body myositis (IBM) has revealed that the nucleic acid-binding protein TDP-43, which is normally restricted to the ...

The off-label use of JAK inhibitors to treat JDM is common in pediatric rheumatology, with barriers to use including limited clinical trial data and insurance approval.