Additional Resources

Bethesda, MD: NIH Clinical Center

• American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (http://www.aarda.org/)
• Arthritis Foundation (http://www.arthritis.org/)
• Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. (http://www.lupus.org/)
• The Myositis Association (http://www.myositis.org/template/index.cfm)
• NIAID information on autoimmunity (http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/autoimmune/)
• NIAMS information on autoimmunity (http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/autoimmune/autoimmunity.htm)
• National Organization for Rare Disorders (http://www.rarediseases.org/)
• American College of Rheumatology (http://www.rheumatology.org/)
• Scleroderma Foundation (http://www.scleroderma.org/)

Research Study Addenda

• Immunogenetic Differences between Caucasian Women With & Without Silicone Implants in whom Myositis Develops (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/clinical/join/bethesda/resources/immunogenetic.cfm). Terrance O’Hanlon, Ph.D.; Bhanu Koneru, M.S.; Elham Bayat, M.D.; Lori Love, M.D., Ph.D.; Ira Targoff1, M.D.; James Malley, Ph.D.; Karen Malley; and Frederick Miller, M.D., Ph.D. for the Environmental Myositis Study Group Arthritis and Rheumatism Vol 50: , 2004.