Fulminant systemic capillary leak syndrome due to C1 inhibitor deficiency complicating acute dermatomyositis: a case report [PDF]
, 2014 INTRODUCTION: Dermatomyositis is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by muscular and dermatologic symptoms with variable internal organ involvement.
Andreas Brunauer +5 more
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Cyclophosphamide-induced liver injury during treatment of interstitial lung disease in juvenile dermatomyositis [PDF]
, 2023 Yue Zhang, Christopher Costin
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Immune‐Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy Diagnosis and Flare in an Adolescent After COVID‐19 Vaccine
Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.Muscle biopsy is histopathologically consistent with a diagnosis of immune‐mediated necrotizing myopathy. ABSTRACT We discuss a teenager who developed a rare pediatric autoimmune muscle disease after completing the primary COVID‐19 vaccine series, which flared shortly after COVID‐19 booster vaccination.
Patricia Hoffman +3 more
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Manual muscle testing and hand-held dynamometry in people with inflammatory myopathy : an intra- and interrater reliability and validity study [PDF]
, 2018 Manual muscle testing (MMT) and hand-held dynamometry (HHD) are commonly used in people with inflammatory myopathy (IM), but their clinimetric properties have not yet been sufficiently studied.
Baschung Pfister, Pierrette +5 more
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Juvenile Dermatomyositis in Pregnancy
Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2013 Juvenile dermatomyositis has variable clinical presentations both in and outside of pregnancy. A literature review indicated that optimal maternal and fetal outcomes can be anticipated when the pregnancy is undertaken while the disease is in remission ...
Anthony Emeka Madu +3 more
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Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, Volume 16, Issue 5, October 2025.ABSTRACT Background Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) exhibit diverse cellular microenvironments in muscle tissues, yet the full spectrum of cell populations and changes remains unclear. This study aimed to characterize cellular heterogeneity, explore cell–cell interactions and assess the prognostic value of cell subtype abundances across IIM ...
Honglin Zhu +10 more
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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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Pharmacological management of dermatomyositis [PDF]
, 2018 K
Dankó, Katalin +2 more
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Rituximab in the treatment of inflammatory myopathies: a review [PDF]
, 2017 Several uncontrolled studies have encouraged the use of rituximab (RTX) in patients with myositis. Unfortunately, the first placebo-phase trial to assess the efficacy of RTX in refractory myositis did not show a significant difference between the two ...
Fasano, S +4 more
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Update in juvenile myositis. [PDF]
, 2013 This update on childhood idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) reviews recent progress in the field of translational science and clinical research over the past 12-18 ...
Nistala, K, Wedderburn, LR
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