The effect of cigarette smoking on the clinical and serological phenotypes of polymyositis and dermatomyositis

Cigarette smoking is associated with immune-mediated disorders. We explored the contribution of smoking to polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM) phenotypes and attempted to determine whether cigarette smoking effects differ by race and genotype.

Source: Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism - February 15, 2018 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Adam Schiffenbauer, Sara Faghihi-Kashani, Terrence P. O ’Hanlon, Willy A. Flegel, Sharon D. Adams, Ira N. Targoff, Chester V. Oddis, Steven R. Ytterberg, Rohit Aggarwal, Lisa Christopher-Stine, Ejaz A. Shamim, Paul F. Dellaripa, Sonye K. Danoff, Andrew Source Type: research