Cytokines and chemokines as regulators of skeletal muscle inflammation: presenting the case of Duchenne muscular dystrophy [PDF]
, 2013 Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a severe inherited muscle disease that affects 1 in 3500 boys worldwide. Infiltration of skeletal muscle by inflammatory cells is an important facet of disease pathophysiology and is strongly associated with disease ...
De Bleecker, Jan, De Paepe, Boel
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2020 Objective: This study was conducted to identify the characteristics and prognosis of rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD) in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) and to assess the predictors for poor survival of RP-ILD in IIM. Methods:
Yu-hui Li +10 more
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A practical approach to the patient presenting with dropped head [PDF]
, 2016 Head drop, or having a dropped head, is an uncommon condition in which patients present with a disabling inability to lift their head. It may arise in many neurological conditions that can be divided into those with neuromuscular weakness of neck ...
Demicoli, Marija, Marsh, Eleanor A.
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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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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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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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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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Association of anti-Ro-52 antibodies with occurrence of interstitial lung disease in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. [PDF]
Arthritis Res TherWeng CT, Huang TH, Wu CH, Sun YT.
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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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