title: [Clinical manifestations].
abstract: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are a group of autoimmune diseases that characteristically affect striated muscle. Nevertheless their spectrum of manifestations is very broad, not only muscular. This chapter describes both muscular and extramuscular manifestations of inflammatory myopathies.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General de México, México D.F., México. gabrielmedranor@msn.com
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Medrano Ramírez