"Inflammatory myopathies" refers to a group of diseases that cause inflammation in the muscles. This can lead to muscle weakness, pain, and fatigue. Full definition
2007 Jan; 35 (1): 49 - 54, Celiac disease and antibodies associated with celiac disease in patients with inflammatory myopathy. (naturalmedicine101.com)
It has contributed to the study of the mechanisms that lead to chronic inflammation, necrosis and regeneration of the skeletal muscle in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, developing ad hoc experimental models of autoantigen - induced myositis. (research.hsr.it)
A previously undescribed inflammatory myopathy (myositis) has recently been characterized in five related Dutch Shepherd dogs. (vetmed.umn.edu)