Cardiovascular manifestations in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies [PDF]
Cardiovascular involvement in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) is an understudied area which is gaining increasing recognition in recent times.
Shah, Meera +7 more
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High-Dimensional Cytometry Dissects Immunological Fingerprints of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
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 +14 more
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Top ten discoveries of the year: Neuromuscular disease
This review highlights ten important advances in the neuromuscular disease field that either were first reported in 2019, or have reached a broad consensus during that year.
Marta Margeta
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Long term functional outcome of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) comprise a group of diseases characterized by chronic inflammation of the skeletal muscles. The definition of the long-term outcome of IIM, has been limited by the difficulty in objectively evaluating the rate
R. Neri +5 more
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Survival and cancer risk in an unselected and complete Norwegian idiopathic inflammatory myopathy cohort [PDF]
Objective To utilise an exposed/unexposed cohort strategy for mortality and cancer analyses across unselected and complete cohorts of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) resident in south-east Norway (denominator population 2.6 million),
Gran, Jan Tore +4 more
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Respiratory disorders in patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are rare disorders characterized by inflammatory lesions in skeletal muscles. These diseases include polymyositis (PM), dermatomyositis (DM), and inclusion body myositis, which exhibit clinicoimmunological ...
Olga Alekseyevna Antelava +3 more
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Patient global assessment and inflammatory markers in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies – A longitudinal study [PDF]
Aim: To explore if patient global assessment (PGA) is associated with inflammation over time and if associations are explained by other measures of disease activity and function in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM).Methods: PGA and ...
Mercado m., Vazquez-Del +39 more
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Muscle biopsy features of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and differential diagnosis [PDF]
The gold standard to characterize idiopathic inflammatory myopathies is the morphological, immunohistochemical and immunopathological analysis of muscle biopsy.
VATTEMI, Gaetano Nicola +6 more
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Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy: A Rare Variant of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies [PDF]
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are an unusual group of myopathies with annual incidence of 1 in 100 000 people in the United States. Necrotizing autoimmune myopathy comprises only 16% of this group.
Samer Makhoul MD +4 more
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A rare case of juvenile dermatomyositis and review of literature
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are rare group of systemic connective tissue diseases. The hallmark of these disorders is symmetrical chronic inflammation and weakness of proximal muscles. Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is the most common inflammatory
Anjali T Bharani +3 more
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