The EuroMyositis registry: an international collaborative tool to facilitate myositis research.
James B LillekerJiri VencovskyGuochun WangLucy R WedderburnLouise Pyndt DiederichsenJens SchmidtPaula OakleyOlivier BenvenisteMaria Giovanna DanieliKatalin DankoNguyen Thi Phuong ThuyMonica Vazquez-Del MercadoHelena AnderssonBoel De PaepeJan L deBleeckerBritta MaurerLiza J McCannNicolo PipitoneNeil McHughZoe E BetteridgePaul NewRobert G CooperWilliam E OllierJanine A LambNiels Steen KroghIngrid E LundbergHector Chinoynull nullPublished in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2017)
This large multicentre cohort demonstrates the importance of extramuscular involvement in patients with IIM, its association with smoking and its influence on disease severity. Our findings emphasise that IIM is a multisystem inflammatory disease and will help inform prognosis and clinical management of patients.