title: Integrated classification of inflammatory myopathies.
abstract: Inflammatory myopathies comprise a multitude of diverse diseases, most often occurring in complex clinical settings. To ensure accurate diagnosis, multidisciplinary expertise is required. Here, we propose a comprehensive myositis classification that incorporates clinical, morphological and molecular data as well as autoantibody profile. This review focuses on recent advances in myositis research, in particular, the correlation between autoantibodies and morphological or clinical phenotypes that can be used as the basis for an 'integrated' classification system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, DHU I2B, AP-HP, Paris, France.|INSERM U974, UPMC Sorbonne Universities, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Allenbach
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, DHU I2B, AP-HP, Paris, France.|INSERM U974, UPMC Sorbonne Universities, Paris, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Benveniste
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: H-H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Goebel
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stenzel
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009220:Myositis / Q000145:classification*
keywords: Morphology; Myositis; autoantibodies; classification of IIMs