Inflammatory myopathies are the largest group of potentially treatable myopathies in children and adults. They constitute a heterogeneous group of disorders that are best classified, on the basis of ...

Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) presents with a characteristic clinical phenotype of slow-onset weakness and atrophy, affecting proximal and distal limb muscles and facial and pharyngeal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 64-year-old male presents to the gastroenterology/hepatology clinic with ...

Dear Anon.: I wish I had better news for you. Inclusion body myositis is an inflammatory disease of muscles with an unknown cause. The “inclusion bodies’’ are seen on the muscle biopsy specimens.

BALTIMORE, Md. (KFSN) -- It's a condition that causes the body's immune system to turn against its own muscles, making it difficult to walk or lift heavy things. Inclusion-body myositis is often ...

Early-onset IBM challenges age-centric diagnostic criteria, with symptoms appearing in patients younger than 46. Younger IBM patients show a higher rate of mitochondrial DNA mutations, indicating ...

A new drug to treat the muscle wasting disease inclusion body myositis (IBM) reverses key symptoms in mice and is safe and well-tolerated in patients, finds a new study led by the Medical Research ...

The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases has awarded UCI a 5-year, $4.2 million grant to study sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM), which affects aging adults ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Many patients who might have previously been diagnosed with polymyositis are now being treated for ...

The clinical diagnosis of sIBM is confirmed by muscle biopsy, and is aided by electromyography (EMG) and determination of serum muscle enzyme levels. Creatine kinase levels can initially be elevated ...

Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a progressive inflammatory disease of the muscles. It is the most common among such conditions, but is distinct from hereditary inclusion body myopathies (hIBM). As ...