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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Study on advances in the association between autoantibodies and clinical phenotypes in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy [PDF]
Zhenduanxue lilun yu shijian, 2022 Myositis specific autoantibodies(MSA) are important for the diagnosis and classification of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM). It reveales that there is a close relationship between various types of MSA and unique clinical manifestations as well as ...
ZHANG Hao, CHI Huihui, SU Yutong, YANG Chengde
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Scanning for therapeutic targets within the cytokine network of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies [PDF]
, 2015 The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) constitute a heterogeneous group of chronic disorders that include dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), sporadic inclusion body myositis (IBM) and necrotizing autoimmune myopathy (NAM).
De Paepe, Boel, Zschüntzsch, Jana
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Diffuse pulmonary hemosiderosis after exposure to pesticides - A case report [PDF]
, 1998 This report describes the clinical, radiological, microscopical and ligandohistochemical findings in a 17-year-old woman who suffered from an acute onset of pulmonary hemosiderosis after inhalation of pesticides used for the cultivation of strawberries ...
Altiner, Mithat +5 more
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METABOLIC VS INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHY: DIAGNOSTIC DIFFICULTIES AND ERRORS IN MYOPATHIES – CASE REPORT [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Rheumatology, 2019 Glycogen storage diseases are genetic metabolic disorders of glycogen metabolism. There are more than 12 types and they are grouped based on the enzyme deficiency and the affected tissue.
Andra-Patricia Stanciu +3 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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Inclusion body myositis: therapeutic approaches. [PDF]
, 2012 The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are a heterogeneous group of diseases that include dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), inclusion body myositis (IBM) and other less common myopathies.
Aggarwal, Rohit, Oddis, Chester V
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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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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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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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