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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sadaf Sharfaei M.D.[2]
Overview
Polymyositis and dermatomyositis may be classified according to [classification method] into [number] subtypes/groups: [group1], [group2], [group3], and [group4].
Classification
- Polymyositis and dermatomyositis is one of the subtypes of inflammatory myopathies.[1]
- European League Against Rheumatism and American College of Rheumatology (EULAR/ACR) classified idiopathic inflammatory myopathy into 6 subtypes:[2]
- The Bohan and Peter criteria were used to classify idiopathic inflammatory myopathy.
References
- ↑ Bronner, I. M. (2009). Polymyositis and dermatomyositis: classification, risk factors and outcome (Doctoral dissertation, Universiteit van Amsterdam [Host]).
- ↑ Leclair V, Lundberg IE (March 2018). "New Myositis Classification Criteria-What We Have Learned Since Bohan and Peter". Curr Rheumatol Rep. 20 (4): 18. doi:10.1007/s11926-018-0726-4. PMC 5857275. PMID 29550929.