title: [Current treatments of dermatomyositis and polymyositis].
abstract: Idiopathic inflammatory myositides are chronic diseases affecting predominantly the musculoskeletal system and involving high morbidity and mortality. Even when treated with glucocorticosteroids, patients often experience a progressive or relapsing course of the disease, requiring additional immunosuppressants, biologicals, or other therapeutic interventions. Randomized controlled trials on the treatment of primary myositides are still lacking, which means that the optimum therapeutic regimen has still not been defined. This article reviews the current position indicated by the data collected in standard and modern therapeutic options for the treatment of idiopathic inflammatory myositides.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Endokrinologie, Diabetologie und Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany. richter@rheumanet.org
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iking-Konert
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D053580:Muscle Strength / Q000187:drug effects; D009173:Mycophenolic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D009173:Mycophenolic Acid