Mortality in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

I.E. Lundberg¹, C.J. Forbess²

¹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine at Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ²Division of Rheumatology, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.

Key words

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, myositis, survival, mortality.

Please address correspondence to: Ingrid E. Lundberg, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-17176 Stockholm, Sweden.

E-mail: Ingrid.Lundberg@ki.se

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2008; 26 (Suppl. 51): S-109-S-114