Evolving classification and role of muscle biopsy in diagnosis of inflammatory myopathies
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2022 Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) is a broad term that includes dermatomyositis, polymyositis, overlap myositis, sporadic inclusion body myositis, and immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy.
Meenakshi Swain, Megha Uppin
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Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: Contributions from India
Indian Journal of Rheumatology, 2020 A careful literature search would reveal significant contributions by Indian clinicians and basic researchers in the field of Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs).
Anand Narayan Malaviya
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Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies linked to vaccination against SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review
Reumatismo, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global health problem, which has been mitigated by the opportune introduction of vaccination programs. Although we already know the benefit that vaccines provide, these are not exempt from adverse events which can be ...
A. Camargo-Coronel +4 more
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A recipe for myositis : nuclear factor κB and nuclear factor of activated T-cells transcription factor pathways spiced up by cytokines [PDF]
, 2017 Nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) is a well-known pro-inflammatory transcription factor that regulates the expression of the tissue’s immune-active components, which include cytokines, chemokines and adhesion molecules.
De Paepe, Boel
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Clinical utility of anti‐cytosolic 5’‐nucleotidase 1A antibody in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 2021 To define the clinicopathologic features and diagnostic utility associated with anti‐cytosolic 5′‐nucleotidase 1A (NT5C1A) antibody seropositivity in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs).
C. Ikenaga +13 more
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A national registry for juvenile dermatomyositis and other paediatric idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: 10 years' experience; the Juvenile Dermatomyositis National (UK and Ireland) Cohort Biomarker Study and Repository for Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies [PDF]
, 2011 Objectives: The paediatric idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a group of rare chronic inflammatory disorders of childhood, affecting muscle, skin and other organs.
Bohan +50 more
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Infection is not rare in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 2021 OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence and characteristics of infections in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) and analyse risk factors for infection using clinical presentation and biochemical findings of IIM.
Y. Ge +4 more
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Stepwise Approach to Myopathy in Systemic Disease
Frontiers in Neurology, 2011 Muscle diseases can constitute a large variety of both acquired and hereditary disorders. Myopathies in systemic disease results from several different disease processes including endocrine, inflammatory, paraneoplastic, infectious, drug and toxin ...
Jasvinder eChawla
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Cutaneous manifestations in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
Journal of IMIDs, 2022 Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs), also known as autoimmune myositis, are a rare group of autoimmune disorders with a heterogenoeous spectrum of muscular and extramuscular involvement. IIM can be classified into several subgroups: dermatomyositis
Juan Sanz-Correa +2 more
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