Acquired idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
Acquired idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
Definition
An umbrella term for diseases which have chronic muscle inflammation and weakness of unknown etiology. The types of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy are further defined by either clinicopathologic criteria or by the presence of certain autoantibodies.
Also known as idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, idiopathic inflammatory myositis, IIm, IMM — per MONDO