Margherita Giannini

Mar 20, 2024 | nature.com | Margherita Giannini |Léa Debrut

We read with great interest the Review article by Khoo et al. (Epidemiology of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, Nat. Rev. Rheumatol. 19, 695–712 (2023))1 and would like to point out findings not included in the Review that shed new light on the epidemiology of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) and future research agendas.

Sep 1, 2023 | rmdopen.bmj.com | Luc Pijnenburg |Margherita Giannini |Laurent Arnaud |Maude Bouchard-Marmen

Dysphagia was defined as pharyngeal and/or oesophageal signs when eating and/or drinking (eg, difficulty swallowing solid and/or liquids, food sticking in throat, coughing while eating). Arthralgia was defined by inflammatory joint pain with or without arthritis.