TY - JOUR
T1 - How I treat idiopathic patients with inflammatory myopathies in the clinical practice
AU - Cavagna, Lorenzo
AU - Monti, Sara
AU - Caporali, Roberto
AU - Gatto, Mariele
AU - Iaccarino, Luca
AU - Doria, Andrea
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - Management of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) is challenging given the systemic nature of the disease, which is often complicated by potentially life-threatening manifestations and the lack of standardized treatment regimens. Aim of this review is to provide the currently available evidence for immunotherapy in the treatment of various manifestations of IIM in order to help clinicians in the daily management of these patients.
AB - Management of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) is challenging given the systemic nature of the disease, which is often complicated by potentially life-threatening manifestations and the lack of standardized treatment regimens. Aim of this review is to provide the currently available evidence for immunotherapy in the treatment of various manifestations of IIM in order to help clinicians in the daily management of these patients.
KW - Antisynthetase syndrome
KW - Glucocorticoids
KW - Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
KW - Immunosuppressants
KW - Therapy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.autrev.2017.07.016
DO - 10.1016/j.autrev.2017.07.016
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85028313359
VL - 16
SP - 999
EP - 1007
JO - Autoimmunity Reviews
JF - Autoimmunity Reviews
SN - 1568-9972
IS - 10
ER -