Dermatomyositis Diagnosis
The enzymes that indicate Dermatomyositis also indicate liver disease, which is much more common. Most doctors will perform a liver biopsy that shows everything is normal. Then, they will look at the enzymes in the muscle and see that there is a problem. In this video series, Dr. Eleni Tiniakou, a physician at the Johns Hopkins Myositis Center, discusses the process of diagnosing Dermatomyositis.
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Dr. Tiniakou joined the Johns Hopkins Division of Rheumatology as full-time faculty in 2016. Dr. Tiniakou’s research focuses on identifying and describing specific T cells in myositis.