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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POLYMYOSITIS/DERMATOMIOSITIS: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
Научно-практическая ревматология, 2016 The lecture considers the problem of rare systemic connective tissue diseases, such as idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs). It underlines the clinical and immunological heterogeneity of their subtypes, which defines therapeutic tactics and ...
O. A. Antelava
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Polymyositis And Dermatomyositis - Inflammation, Muscle Structure & Immunosuppressive Treatment [PDF]
, 2012 Polymyositis and dermatomyositis are chronic, inflammatory disorders characterized by muscle weakness, low muscle endurance and by inflammation in skeletal muscle tissues.
Loell, Ingela
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MRI and muscle imaging for idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
Brain Pathology, 2021 Although idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a heterogeneous group of diseases nearly all patients display muscle inflammation. Originally, muscle biopsy was considered as the gold standard for IIM diagnosis.
Samuel Malartre +6 more
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Polymyositis and dermatomyositis – challenges in diagnosis and management
Journal of Translational Autoimmunity, 2019 Polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM) are different disease subtypes of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs). The main clinical features of PM and DM include progressive symmetric, predominantly proximal muscle weakness.
Shu-Han Yang +2 more
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Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology, 2022 Background Inflammatory cardiomyopathy (IC) is a syndrome with chronic myocarditis and cardiac remodeling. This study aimed to explore predicting factors of adverse outcomes in patients with IC secondary to idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM‐IC ...
Yingxian Liu +9 more
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The EuroMyositis registry: an international collaborative tool to facilitate myositis research [PDF]
, 2017 Aims: The EuroMyositis Registry facilitates collaboration across the idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) research community. This inaugural report examines pooled Registry data.
Andersson, Helena +27 more
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Juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: the value of magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of muscle involvement [PDF]
, 2000 CONTEXT: One of the major current challenges related to juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathy is the search for highly sensitive and specific non-invasive methods for diagnosis as well as for follow-up.
Hilário, Maria Odete Esteves +5 more
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Nuclear matrix protein 2 antibody-positive adult dermatomyositis: a case report and review of the literature [PDF]
, 2020 Dermatomyositis is a clinically heterogenous inflammatory myopathy with unique cutaneous features. Myositis-specific antibodies can aid in diagnosis and anticipation of patient prognosis.
Cartron, Alexander M +3 more
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Polimiosite : investigação clínica em duas irmãs [PDF]
, 2002 We present an investigation of a case of polymyositis affecting two sisters of one same parenthood. Their cases have been documented for almost two decades, being investigated by means of a diagnostic protocol which combined clinical findings as well as ...
Bluthner M +21 more
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