Clinical manifestations of dermatomyositis/polymyositis syndrome

Abstract

Dermatomyositis/Polymyositis syndrome(DM/PM) is heterogenous didsorder with various autoimmune disease. With recent advance of molecular diagnostic tools, associations of DM/PM with markers of autoimmune disease and malignancy have been delineated. We conducted this study to evaluate the clinical manifestations of DM/PM, especially focused on the aspect of association with malignancy and various type of the autoimmune disease. This study could be a used preliminary data expecting what type of malignancy and autoimmune disease are associated with DM/PM in Korean polulation.