Trial of Intravenous Immune Globulin in Dermatomyositis
BACKGROUND Intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) for the treatment of dermatomyositis has not been extensively evaluated. METHODS We conducted a randomized, placebo-controlled trial involving patients with active dermatomyositis.
Rohit Aggarwal +2 more
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Dermatomyositis: Practical Guidance and Unmet Needs
Lydia Cassard,1 Noelle Seraly,2 Maureen Riegert,3 Aditi Patel,4 Anthony P Fernandez5 1Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; 2Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA ...
Cassard L +4 more
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Tofacitinib in Amyopathic Dermatomyositis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Amyopathic Dermatomyositis–Related Lung Disease The autoimmune disease amyopathic dermatomyositis–associated interstitial lung disease, which is related to anti–melanoma differentiation–associated ...
Zhiwei Chen, Xiaodong Wang
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Paraneoplastic dermatomyositis with Kaposi’s sarcoma: A case report [PDF]
Dermatomyositis is a rare autoimmune condition known to be frequently associated with an undiagnosed malignancy. Although it is strongly linked to adenocarcinomas and other solid tumors, dermatomyositis has been scarcely described with sarcomas.
Shu Yu Qian +2 more
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Anti-transcriptional intermediary factor-1γ (TIF-1γ) autoantibody may be associated with cancer in adult patients with dermatomyositis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of cancer in the presence of anti-TIF-1γ autoantibody in adult ...
Marion Best +5 more
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Trigeminal involvement in dermatomyositis with double positivity for anti-transcriptional intermediary factor 1 gamma and anti-Ku antibodies: A case report and literature review [PDF]
Anti-transcriptional intermediary factor 1 gamma antibody and anti-Ku antibody double-positive dermatomyositis and trigeminal neuropathy involvement are often regarded as clinically distinct diseases with differing pathogenesis. Herein, we present a rare
Sun Yingchao +5 more
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Research progress on risk factors for dermatomyositis with malignancy
Malignant tumors are one of the major causes of mortality in patients with dermatomyositis. But the majority of these tumors are diagnosed after the diagnosis of dermatomyositis. Because the timing of diagnosis of tumor is associated with the survival of
Juanjuan PAN, Jing WANG, Guozhen TAN
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Dermatomyositis With Anti-MDA5 Antibodies: Bioclinical Features, Pathogenesis and Emerging Therapies
Anti-MDA5 dermatomyositis is a rare systemic autoimmune disease, historically described in Japanese patients with clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis and life-threatening rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease.
Anaïs Nombel, N. Fabien, F. Coutant
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Paraneoplastic Wong-Type Dermatomyositis Associated with Gynecological Malignancy
Although dermatomyositis is known to be a possible paraneoplastic syndrome, often in the setting of gynecological cancers, Wong-type dermatomyositis—a rare variant of dermatomyositis—has not been clearly associated with internal malignancies to date ...
Roberto Russo +4 more
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Enhanced immune complex formation in the lungs of patients with dermatomyositis
Background Interstitial lung disease is frequently comorbid with dermatomyositis and has a poor prognosis, especially in patients with the anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) autoantibody.
Yoshiaki Zaizen +8 more
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