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Prevalence and reactivity of anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (anti-MDA-5) autoantibody in Brazilian patients with dermatomyositis [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2018
: Background: There have been no studies to date on the frequency and reactivity of aanti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (anti-MDA-5) in samples from the Brazilian population with dermatomyositis. Objectives: To analyze this autoantibody in
Isabela Bruna Pires Borges, Marilda Guimarães Silva, Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo   +2 more
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Development and validation of a nomogram risk prediction model for malignancy in dermatomyositis patients: a retrospective study [PDF]

PeerJ, 2021
Background Dermatomyositis accompanied with malignancy is a common poor prognostic factor of dermatomyositis. Thus, the early prediction of the risk of malignancy in patients with dermatomyositis can significantly improve the prognosis of patients ...
Jiaojiao Zhong, Yunan He, Jianchi Ma, Siyao Lu, Yushi Wu, Junmin Zhang   +5 more
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A case of dermatomyositis with anti-TIF1γ antibodies revealing isolated para-aortic lymphadenopathy metastatic recurrence of endometrial cancer: A case report

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2020
Dermatomyositis is an inflammatory myopathy presenting with characteristic cutaneous eruption and may be accompanied by proximal muscle weakness. Dermatomyositis may represent a paraneoplastic syndrome in 15%–25% of cases and has rarely been associated ...
Darosa Lim, Océane Landon-Cardinal, Annie Belisle, Sandra Davar   +3 more
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The myokine GDF-15 is a potential biomarker for myositis and associates with the protein aggregates of sporadic inclusion body myositis. [PDF]

, 2020
Background: The cytokine growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) has been associated with inflammatory and mitochondrial disease, warranting exploration of its expression in myositis patients.
De Bleecker, Jan, De Paepe, Boel, Verhamme, Fien   +2 more
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Dermatomyositis.

Acta dermato-venereologica, 2004
A 51-year-old woman presented with weakness in her arms and legs and an eruption on the dorsal aspects of the hands, upper back, and face. Histopathologic features showed vacuolar alteration of the basal layer, a thick basement membrane, and deposits of connective-tissue mucin in the papillary dermis and the upper reticular dermis.
Gruson, Lisa M, MD, Cohen, David E, MD MPH   +1 more
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A national registry for juvenile dermatomyositis and other paediatric idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: 10 years' experience; the Juvenile Dermatomyositis National (UK and Ireland) Cohort Biomarker Study and Repository for Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies [PDF]

, 2011
Objectives: The paediatric idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a group of rare chronic inflammatory disorders of childhood, affecting muscle, skin and other organs.
Bohan, Bohan, Brown, Chinoy, Chinoy, Christen-Zaech, Clarissa A. Pilkington, Constantin, Elst, Gunawardena, Gunawardena, Huber, Huber, Huber, Huber, Isenberg, Joyce E. Davidson, Kevin Murray, Kim, Li, Li, Lovell, Lowry, Lucy R. Wedderburn, Maillard, Maillard, Marhaug, McCann, McCann, McCann, Mendez, Miller, Neil Martin, Pachman, Pachman, Petra Krol, Ravelli, Rider, Rider, Rider, Rider, Riley, Riley, Sally Smith, Salomonsson, Stringer, Symmons, Varsani, Wedderburn, Wedderburn, Wedderburn   +50 more
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Validation of a score tool for measurement of histological severity in juvenile dermatomyositis and association with clinical severity of disease. [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVES: To study muscle biopsy tissue from patients with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) in order to test the reliability of a score tool designed to quantify the severity of histological abnormalities when applied to biceps humeri in addition to ...
Amato, Anthony A, Banwell, Brenda, Bove, Kevin E, Charman, Susan C, Corse, Andrea M, Emslie-Smith, Alison M, Holton, Janice L, Jacques, Thomas S, Li, Charles K, Lundberg, Ingrid E, Marie, Suely KN, Minetti, Carlo, Nennesmo, Inger, Pilkington, Clarissa A, Rushing, Elisabeth J, Sallum, Adriana ME, Sewry, Caroline, UK Juvenile Dermatomyositis Research Group, Varsani, Hemlata, Wedderburn, Lucy R   +19 more
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Incidence and prevalence, and medication use among adults living with dermatomyositis: an Alberta, Canada population-based cohort study

Scientific Reports, 2023
Dermatomyositis is a rare disease characterized by progressive muscle weakness and skin rashes. Estimates of incidence and prevalence are fundamental measures in epidemiology, but few studies have been conducted on dermatomyositis.
Mohammed Osman, Karen J. B. Martins, Kai On Wong, Khanh Vu, Alexis Guigue, Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert, Robert Gniadecki, Scott W. Klarenbach   +7 more
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Endoscopy is of low yield in the identification of gastrointestinal neoplasia in patients with dermatomyositis: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]

, 2017
AimTo determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal neoplasia among dermatomyositis patients who underwent an esophagogastroduodenoscopy and/or colonoscopy.MethodsA cross-sectional study examining the results of upper endoscopy and colonoscopy in adults ...
Gross, Andrew J, Kidambi, Trilokesh D, Lee, Jeffrey K, Ostroff, James W, Schmajuk, Gabriela, Terdiman, Jonathan P   +5 more
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Characteristics and risk of interstitial lung disease in dermatomyositis and polymyositis: a retrospective cohort study in Japan

Scientific Reports, 2023
Dermatomyositis and polymyositis are rare, idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Interstitial lung disease is one of the most common and potentially severe extra-muscular manifestations of dermatomyositis and polymyositis and is strongly linked to poor ...
Qingqing Hu, Kuan-Chih Huang, Choo Hua Goh, Yumi Tsuchiya, Yanfang Liu, Hong Qiu   +5 more
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