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Outcome of COVID-19 in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy during the Omicron wave in China: A longitudinal observational study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
ObjectiveThe coronavirus disease pandemic brought unknown challenges to patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy, who are often heavily immunosuppressed and have comorbidities.
Ying Li, Xiaolan Tian, Chao Sun, Yangyang Wei, Wei Jiang, Linrong He, Chunjia Li, Lu Zhang, Guochun Wang, Xin Lu   +9 more
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Advances in the study of the role of neutrophil extracellular traps in the pathogenesis of interstitial lung disease in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy

生物医学转化, 2023
Neutrophil extracellular traps play an important role in the body's defense against pathogens, but over-activated neutrophil extracellular traps may damage normal tissues and participate in the occurrence and development of idiopathic inflammatory ...
Zhang Cen, Bai Ling, Zhu Jiarui, Zhao Peipei, Li Feifei, Zhuo Cui, Ma Wenlan, Zhang Sigong   +7 more
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Anti-MDA5 juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathy with second-degree heart block but no skin or lung involvement: a case report [PDF]

BMC Rheumatology, 2021
Background Patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy and autoantibodies directed against melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5 (MDA5) characteristically have interstitial lung disease, severe cutaneous involvement, arthritis, and relatively ...
Meghan E. Ryan, Daniel Cortez, Kelly R. Dietz, Peter Karachunski, Bryce A. Binstadt   +4 more
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A Path to Prediction of Outcomes in Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology, 2019
Humans have an innate desire to observe and subsequently dissect an event into component pieces in an effort to better characterize the event. We then examine these pieces individually and in combinations using this information to determine the outcome ...
Ann Marie Reed, Ann Marie Reed, Cynthia S. Crowson, Jeffrey Arthur Dvergsten   +3 more
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Targeted Therapy for Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy [PDF]

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Background Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune disorders characterized by chronic muscle inflammation and significant extramuscular involvement.
Ruijie Wang, Wei Lin, Qibing Xie, Geng Yin   +3 more
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The value of myositis-specific autoantibodies in the diagnosis of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy and tumor risk prediction [PDF]

Journal of International Medical Research
Objective To investigate the value of myositis-specific autoantibodies in the diagnosis of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy and tumor risk prediction in patients with clinically suspected idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. Methods This retrospective study
Lili Shi, Rong Min, Yanyan Wu, Jiahui Liu, Xia Liu, Peichang Wang   +5 more
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Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies [PDF]

Neurologic Clinics, 2014
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs), except for sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM), present with subacute symmetrical weakness of the limb girdle muscles, an elevated serum creatine kinase activity, and inflammatory cells in the muscle biopsy (
Marianne de Visser, de Visser, M., A.J. van der Kooi, Anneke J. van der Kooi, van der Kooi, A. J., M. de Visser   +5 more
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Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy: A Rare Variant of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2017
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.
Noman Ahmed Jang Khan MD, Shaza Khalid MD, Saad Ullah MD, Muhammad Umair Malik MD, Samer Makhoul MD   +4 more
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Murine models of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy

Immunological Medicine, 2023
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are characterized by inflammation of muscles and other organs. Several myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSAs) have been identified in IIMs and were found to be associated with distinct clinical features ...
Risa Konishi, Yuki Ichimura, Naoko Okiyama   +2 more
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Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy at a developing Paediatric Rheumatology Clinic in Trinidad and Tobago: a case series

Caribbean Medical Journal, 2023
Objective: Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy (JIIM) is a rare autoimmune disorder with no published data from the English-speaking Caribbean. As such, we seek to produce the first dataset from Trinidad and Tobago on this condition.
Zafir Latchan, Shanice Ali, Patrick Chin-Kong, Haramnauth Dyaanand   +3 more
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