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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 +3 more
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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 +2 more
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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 +1 more
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Biomarkers in Inflammatory Myopathies – An Expanded Definition [PDF]
, 2019 Biomarkers as parameters of pathophysiological conditions can be of outmost relevance for inflammatory myopathies. They are particularly warranted to inform about diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic questions.
Benveniste, Olivier +2 more
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Predictors of survival in a cohort of patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis: effect of corticosteroids, methotrexate and azathioprine [PDF]
, 2012 Introduction: The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are rare diseases for which data regarding the natural history, response to therapies and factors affecting mortality are needed.
Crofford, Leslie J. +4 more
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Different phenotypes in dermatomyositis associated with anti-MDA5 antibody: Study of 121 cases.
Neurology, 2020 OBJECTIVES The predominance of extramuscular manifestations (e.g., skin rash, arthralgia, interstitial lung disease [ILD]) as well as the low frequency of muscle signs in anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody-positive (anti-MDA5 ...
Y. Allenbach +42 more
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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 +7 more
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Immune myopathies with perimysial pathology: Clinical and laboratory features [PDF]
, 2018 ObjectiveImmune myopathies with perimysial pathology (IMPP) have a combination of damage to perimysial connective tissue and muscle fiber necrosis, more prominent near the perimysium.
Bucelli, Robert C, Pestronk, Alan
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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 +2 more
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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 +5 more
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