Increasing incidence of adult idiopathic inflammatory myopathies in the City of Salford, UK: a 10-year epidemiological study.

Matthew J S ParkerAlexander G S OldroydMark E RobertsWilliam E OllierRobert P NewRobert G CooperGabriela Arredondo Hector Chinoy

Published in: Rheumatology advances in practice (2018)

The incidence of adult IIM in Salford is 17.6/1 000 000 person years, higher in females, and is increasing over time. Disagreement exists between EULAR/ACR-derived and expert opinion-derived IIM subtype assignments.

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risk factors
oxidative stress
childhood cancer
cross sectional
clinical practice
young adults