Abstracts tagged "polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM) and remission"

Abstract Number: 2138 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Predictive Factors for Achievement of Sustained Remission with Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis: A Retrospective Single Center Cohort Study in Japan
Eri Watanabe¹, Takahisa gono¹, Shinji Watanabe¹, Hiroki Yabe¹, Masataka Kuwana² and Chihiro Terai¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan, ²Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Polymyositis (PM), dermatomyositis (DM), and clinically amyopathic DM (CADM) are systemic inflammatory diseases that affect skeletal muscle, skin, and other organs, such as lungs,…