Treatment of inflammatory myopathies
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Frank L. Mastaglia; Beverley A. Phillips; Paul Zilko
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The treatment of the immune-mediated inflammatory myopa- ## INVITED REVIEW thies remains largely empirical. Corticosteroids are usually effective in polymyositis and dermatomyositis but may need to be combined with methotrexate or azathioprine in some patients. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) i