Predictors, outcome and characteristics of oropharyngeal dysphagia in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy

Pregnancy outcome in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy patients in a multicenter study.

Approaching oropharyngeal dysphagia.

Dysphagia is a symptom that refers to difficulty or discomfort during the progression of the alimentary bolus from the mouth to the stomach. From an anatomical standpoint dysphagia may result from oropharyngeal or esophageal dysfunction and from other structure-related or functional causes from a pathophysiological viewpoint. The prevalence of oropharyngeal functional dysphagia is very high in ...

Screening for oropharyngeal dysphagia.

Approach to Diagnosis and Management of an Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are a group of autoimmune diseases characterized by proximal muscle weakness and inflammation of skeletal muscle. Specific forms of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy include polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and inclusion body myositis. Inflammatory myopathies have a bimodal distribution, occurring in patients between 10 and 15 years and 45 and 60 years of age, ex...

Recent advances in the immunogenetics of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy

This review summarizes the previous and current literature on the immunogenetics of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) and updates the research progress that has been made over the past decade. A substantial part of the genetic risk for developing adult- and juvenile-onset IIM lies within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), and a tight relationship exists between individual human le...