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Survival of Patients With Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies in Slovenia

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Background: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are rare systemic diseases associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The aim of our study was to estimate for the first time the survival of IIM patients in Slovenia.Methods: We included ...
Alojzija Hočevar, Alojzija Hočevar, Andrej Viršček, Monika Krošel, Monika Krošel, Suzana Gradišnik, Žiga Rotar, Žiga Rotar, Matija Tomšič, Matija Tomšič, Iztok Holc, Iztok Holc   +11 more
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Failure of daratumumab in the treatment of anti-synthetase syndrome: A case report

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Anti-synthetase syndrome is a subset of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, for which refractory disease can be difficult to treat. Daratumumab, an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody primarily used in hematologic malignancies, has recently shown promise in ...
Nam Nguyen, Valérie Leclair, Rayan Kaedbey, Marie Hudson   +3 more
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PANNICULITIS IN DERMATOMYOSITIS

Научно-практическая ревматология, 2016
Dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) belong to idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) and are characterized by inflammatory injury to the skeletal muscles.
O. A. Antelava, O. N. Egorova, B. S. Belov, S. G. Radenska-Lopovok, A. N. Khelkovskaya-Sergeeva, S. I. Glukhova   +5 more
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A 73‐Year‐Old Man With Several Years of Difficulty Climbing Stairs and Frequent Tripping

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A 73‐year‐old man presented with progressive weakness and atrophy predominantly affecting the distal finger flexors and quadriceps muscles. Electrophysiological studies demonstrated mixed myogenic and neurogenic features. Muscle MRI showed inflammatory changes, and muscle biopsy revealed granulomatous myositis with histologic features ...
Mehmet Can Sari, Arens Taga, Sonya Ulrike Steele, Ahmet Hoke   +3 more
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2023
Background Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been concerns regarding the risks of infection in patients with autoimmune disease. In this study, we investigated the impact of the pandemic on patients with juvenile idiopathic inflammatory ...
Dawn M. Wahezi, Dominique Jerome, Evin Rothschild, Belina Yi, Jeffrey Dvergsten, Stacey Tarvin, Susan Kim, Tamar Rubinstein, for the CARRA JDM workgroup   +8 more
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Clinical Conditions Associated With a High Antinuclear Antibody Titer in Individuals Without Autoimmune Disease

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) are present at high titers in 2% of the general population, but their clinical significance in individuals without an autoimmune (AI) disease is not known. We tested the hypothesis that the presence of a high ANA titer in non‐AI conditions is associated with disease.
Matthew Chung, John P. Shelley, Gul Karakoc, John Still, Xiaodi Ruan, Jonathan Mosley, C. Michael Stein, Vivian K. Kawai   +7 more
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Sporadic inclusion body myositis in the rheumatology clinic

Indian Journal of Rheumatology, 2020
Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) is a progressive and insidious skeletal muscle disorder characterized classically by the quadriceps, wrist, and finger flexor weakness.
Fernando Henrique Carlos de Souza, Gustavo Luiz Behrens Pinto, Jean Marcos de Souza, Pablo Arturo Olivo Pallo, Leonardo Santos Hoff, Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo   +5 more
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High-Dimensional Cytometry Dissects Immunological Fingerprints of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

Cells, 2022
Chronic inflammation of skeletal muscle is the common feature of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). Given the rarity of the disease and potential difficulty of routinely obtaining target tissue, i.e., standardized skeletal muscle, our ...
Christopher Nelke, Marc Pawlitzki, Christina B. Schroeter, Niklas Huntemann, Saskia Räuber, Vera Dobelmann, Corinna Preusse, Andreas Roos, Yves Allenbach, Olivier Benveniste, Heinz Wiendl, Ingrid E. Lundberg, Werner Stenzel, Sven G. Meuth, Tobias Ruck   +14 more
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COVID‐19 Vaccination is not Associated with the Development of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis in U.S. Veterans

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Several case reports have proposed a potential association between COVID‐19 vaccination and the subsequent development of idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM). This study examined prior COVID‐19 vaccination in US Veterans who developed new‐onset IIM compared to those without new‐onset IIM.
Caleb Hernández, Naomi Schlesinger, Jorge Rojas, Jessica A. Walsh, Tawnie J Braaten, Gary A Kunkel, Makoto Jones, Brian C Sauer, Julio Facelli, Grant W. Cannon, Dorota Lebiedz‐Odrobina   +10 more
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Imaging assessment of calcinosis in juvenile dermatomyositis: a narrative review

Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal
Calcinosis is a severe manifestation of juvenile and adult idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, which can lead to pain, limited range of motion, disfigurement, and infection.
Belina Y. Yi, Jessica Perfetto, Evin Rothschild, Kelly Rouster-Stevens, Amanda Robinson, Kathryn Cook, Delaney D. Ding, Andrea Eagle Child, Ovgu Kul Cinar, Barbara Limbach, Charalampia Papadopoulou, Lesley Ann Saketkoo, Adam Schiffenbauer, Heinrike Schmeling, Antonia Valenzuela, Susan Shenoi, Dawn M. Wahezi, for the CARRA JDM Calcinosis workgroup   +17 more
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