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An autopsy study of a familial oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) with distal spread and neurogenic involvement [PDF]

, 1981
An 81-year-old man from a family with a history of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) involving 6 members over 4 generations is described. The patient first noted drooping of his eyelids at the age of 65.
Aarli, Adams, Amyot, Barbeau, Bosch, Bray, Campanella, Cohen, Cox, Coërs, Croft, Direkze, Dutil, Fried, Fuchs, Goto, Graef von, Graf, Hartmann, Hayes, Julien, Kearns, Kiloh, Krause, Lakin, Lees, Lewis, Liversedge, Lundberg, Man, Maningand, Mater, Matsunaga, Murphy, Myrianthopoulos, Nicolaissen, Peterman, Radu, Rebeiz, Roberts, Satoyoshi, Saucier, Schmitt, Schmitt, Schotland, Schwarz, Szobar, Taylor, Victor, Zellweger   +49 more
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Multisystem proteinopathy due to a homozygous p.Arg159His VCP mutation : a tale of the unexpected [PDF]

, 2020
ObjectiveTo assess the clinical, radiologic, myopathologic, and proteomic findings in a patient manifesting a multisystem proteinopathy due to a homozygous valosin-containing protein gene (VCP) mutation previously reported to be pathogenic in the ...
Azmi, A, Baets, J, Clemen, CS, De Bleecker, Jan, De Jonghe, P, De Ridder, W, Eichinger, L, Hofmann, A, Johnson, K, Maudsley, S, Schröder, R, Straub, V, Töpf, A   +12 more
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A Case Report of Statin-Induced Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy Treatment Challenges

Case Reports in Rheumatology, 2022
Statin-induced necrotizing autoimmune myopathy is an immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy related to the use of statins. It is a very rare disease, which usually presents with proximal muscle weakness and frank elevation in creatine kinase levels ...
Anwar I. Joudeh, Mhd Kutaiba Albuni, Sara Seife Hassen, Phool Iqbal, Elsaid Mohamed Aziz Bedair, Salah Mahdi   +5 more
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Lovastatin for adult patients with dengue: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Dengue is the most important vector-borne viral infection of man, with approximately 2 billion people living in areas at risk. Infection results in a range of manifestations from asymptomatic infection through to life-threatening shock and ...
Dung, Nguyen Thi Phuong, Farrar, Jeremy, Hien, Tran Tinh, Merson, Laura, Peeling, Rosanna, Simmons, Cameron, Tai, Luong Thi Hue, Truong, Nguyen Thanh, Van Hao, Nguyen, Van Vinh Chau, Nguyen, Whitehorn, James, Wills, Bridget, Wolbers, Marcel   +12 more
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Diphlorethohydroxycarmalol (DPHC) Isolated from the Brown Alga Ishige okamurae Acts on Inflammatory Myopathy as an Inhibitory Agent of TNF-α

Marine Drugs, 2020
Inflammation affects various organs of the human body, including skeletal muscle. Phlorotannins are natural biologically active substances found in marine brown algae and exhibit anti-inflammatory activities.
Seo-Young Kim, Ginnae Ahn, Hyun-Soo Kim, Jun-Geon Je, Kil-Nam Kim, You-Jin Jeon   +5 more
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A Path to Prediction of Outcomes in Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy

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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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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Clinical and serological features of systemic sclerosis in a multicenter African American cohort: Analysis of the genome research in African American scleroderma patients clinical database. [PDF]

, 2017
Racial differences exist in the severity of systemic sclerosis (SSc). To enhance our knowledge about SSc in African Americans, we established a comprehensive clinical database from the largest multicenter cohort of African American SSc patients assembled
Boin, Francesco, Carns, Mary, Chung, Lorinda, Criswell, Lindsey A, Derk, Chris T, Domsic, Robyn T, Gladue, Heather, Goldberg, Avram, Gordon, Jessica K, Gourh, Pravitt, Hsu, Vivien, Jan, Reem, Kastner, Daniel L, Khanna, Dinesh, Mayes, Maureen D, Medsger, Thomas A, Morgan, Nadia D, Ramos, Paula S, Remmers, Elaine F, Saketkoo, Lesley A, Schiopu, Elena, Shah, Ami A, Shanmugam, Victoria K, Silver, Richard M, Steen, Virginia D, Trojanowski, Marcin A, Valenzuela, Antonia, Varga, John, Wigley, Fredrick M   +28 more
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Signal Recognition Particle Myopathy With Cardiac Manifestations in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy is a rare inflammatory myopathy characterized by progressive muscle weakness and potentially severe systemic complications.
Priya Sunkara, Deepesh Yadav, Murat Gokden, Vinisha Kota   +3 more
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A study on the management of corticosteroid side effects in cancer patients [PDF]

, 2015
Background Systemic corticosteroids lead to many adverse effects especially in cancer patients. Preventive measures and treatment options are essential to minimise such side effects.
Fsadni, Clayton John
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