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New Aspects of Thromboangiitis obliterans (von Winiwarter-Buerger's Disease) [PDF]

open access: yes, 1984
The existence of thromboangiitis obliterans as a clinical entity has been a matter of debate for many years. In contrast to other immunovasculitides there is no organ involvement while peripheral vessels are affected.
Berlit, Peter   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy: A Systematic Review.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a research priority in chronic diseases. We undertook a systematic review (registration #CRD42015024939) to identify, appraise and synthesize the evidence relating to HRQoL in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies ...
Valérie Leclair   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neuromuscular Disorders: A Histomorphological and Clinicopathological Evaluation in a Tertiary Care Centre

open access: yesJournal of Medical Sciences and Health, 2023
Background: Neuromuscular disorders are rare, inherited progressive disorders leading to major disabilities over the years. As a group, there prevalence is not so uncommon and requires attention in view of their rising cases. Muscle biopsy forms
Ashmeet Kaur   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A fresh look at paralytics in the critically ill: real promise and real concern. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), or "paralytics," often are deployed in the sickest patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) when usual care fails.
Kenyon, Nicholas J   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Centronuclear myopathy in labrador retrievers: a recent founder mutation in the PTPLA gene has rapidly disseminated worldwide [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Centronuclear myopathies (CNM) are inherited congenital disorders characterized by an excessive number of internalized nuclei. In humans, CNM results from ~70 mutations in three major genes from the myotubularin, dynamin and amphiphysin families ...
Christophe Hitte   +16 more
core   +9 more sources

Polymyositis: clinical investigation in two sisters [PDF]

open access: yesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 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 ...
Margô Gomes de Oliveira Karnikowski   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Crystal structures of the human Dysferlin inner DysF domain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: Mutations in dysferlin, the first protein linked with the cell membrane repair mechanism, causes a group of muscular dystrophies called dysferlinopathies.
Cole, Ambrose R.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

The clinicoserological spectrum of inflammatory myopathy in the context of systemic sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus

open access: yesIndian Journal of Rheumatology, 2020
Autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) are characterized by a pathological triad composed of autoimmunity/inflammation, microangiopathy, and aberrant tissue remodeling.
John D Pauling   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Statins and muscle – friends or foes? Discussions based on a case report [PDF]

open access: yesRomanian Journal of Rheumatology, 2022
Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is a type of autoimmune myopathy characterized by relatively severe proximal weakness, myofiber necrosis with minimal inflammatory cell infiltrate on muscle biopsy, and infrequent extra-muscular involvement ...
Andra Patricia Stanciu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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