Myositis

by Hector Chinoy (Editor), Robert G. Cooper (Editor)

Overview

The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a rare group of autoimmune diseases, negatively affecting the lives of an estimated 250,000 people worldwide. Delays in diagnosis often occur owing to a lack of recognition of disease presentation, or misdiagnosis, both of which can lead to muscle atrophy. This new addition to the Oxford Rheumatology Library series focuses on providing a summary of what is currently understood about the epidemiology of myositis, controversies in diagnosis criteria, clinical features, and the current paradigms for treatment and intervention. Designed to bring together the multi-disciplinary involvement of healthcare professionals for IMM patients, this is the first easy-to-navigate guide for the practical management of myositis. This is an essential guide for both physicians and trainees in Rheumatology, Neurology, and Dermatology specialities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191068935
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	12/15/2017
Series:	Oxford Rheumatology Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Dr Hector Chinoy Dr Chinoy is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Rheumatology at the University of Manchester, UK, and an Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist at Salford Royal Hospital. He is on the editorial board for the European Medical Journal and Reumatologia, and is the principal investigator of the UK Medical Research Council funded prospective myositis cohort collection, MYOPROSP. His research interests include the genetic, epidemiological, and clinical aspects of adult myositis. Professor Robert G Cooper Professor Cooper is the Chair of Medicine (Muscle and Rheumatology) in the MRC/Arthritis Research UK Institute for Ageing and Chronic Disease in the University of Liverpool, and an honorary Chair in the Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research in the University of Manchester. He has a long-standing research interest in the immunogenetic basis for myositis, and has worked on the development of myositis-specific antibodies.

Table of Contents

Overview of Myositis
1. Overview and epidemiology, Vidya Sadanand Limaye
2. Diagnostic and classification criteria, Anna Tjarnlund and Ingrid E. Lundberg
3. Aetiology and pathogenesis, Joanna E Parkes, Simon Rothwell, and Janine A Lamb
4. Extra-muscular complications occurring in myositis, Jens Schmidt
Differential Diagnosis
5. Metabolic Myopathies, James Lilleker and Mark Roberts
6. Muscular dystrophies and other genetic myopathies, Stefen Brady and David Hilton-Jones
7. Investigation of hyperCKaemia, Andrew Mammen and Jessica Nance
Important Disease Subtypes and Associations
8. Association with malignancy, Albert Selva-O'Callaghan and Ernesto Trallero-Araguas
9. Toxic myopathies, Arash H Lahouti and Lisa Christopher-Stine
10. Juvenile Myositis, Lucy Wedderburn, Kiran Nistala, and Christina Boros
11. Inclusion body myositis (IBM), Pedro M Machado
Investigations
12. Laboratory features - enzymes & biomarkers, Sarah Tansley and Neil McHugh
13. Histopathological features of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), Marianne de Visser
14. Imaging of skeletal muscle, Nicolo Pipitone and Ranjit Ramdass
15. Neurophysiology in the assessment of inflammatory myopathies, Ranjit Ramdass
Outcome and Treatment
16. Outcome assessment in the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, Lisa G Rider and Frederick W Miller
17. Treatment of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, Jii Vencovsky and Heman Mann