Julie J. Paik, M.D.. M.H.S. and Lisa Christopher-Stine, M.D., M.P.H.
Release Date: 11/15/2016
Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, you should be able to:
Distinguish the different forms of myositis based on pattern of weakness, EMG findings, MRI findings and muscle histopathology;
List the most common myositis-associated and specific antibodies in polymyositis, dermatomyositis, immune mediated necrotizing myopathy and inclusion body myositis;
Recognize that a statin can trigger an immune mediated necrotizing myopathy;
Describe the autoantibodies that can characterize specific subgroups of myositis and reveal a specific clinical phenotype associated with the myositis-specific or associated antibody.
