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Comparison of whole-body muscle imaging findings between GNE myopathy and other young adult-onset hereditary myopathies. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
ObjectivesPrevious muscle imaging studies of GNE myopathy are limited to the lower extremities. This study aimed to use whole-body MRI to differentiate between GNE myopathy and other young adult-onset hereditary myopathies.Materials and methodsThis ...
Pattira Boonsri, Suppakorn Yamutai, Pramot Tanutit, Jirakit Sattayapornpipat, Chariyawan Charalsawadi, Prut Koonalintip, Pornchai Sathirapanya, Suwanna Setthawatcharawanich, Rattana Leelawattana, Pat Korathanakhun   +9 more
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Atrial Myopathy

JACC: Basic to Translational Science, 2019
Summary: This paper discusses the evolving concept of atrial myopathy by presenting how it develops and how it affects the properties of the atria. It also reviews the complex relationships among atrial myopathy, atrial fibrillation (AF), and stroke ...
Mark J. Shen, MD, Rishi Arora, MD, José Jalife, MD   +2 more
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Disproportionate left atrial myopathy in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction among participants of the PROMIS-HFpEF study

Scientific Reports, 2021
Impaired left atrial (LA) function in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is associated with adverse outcomes. A subgroup of HFpEF may have LA myopathy out of proportion to left ventricular (LV) dysfunction; therefore, we sought to ...
Ravi B. Patel, Carolyn S. P. Lam, Sara Svedlund, Antti Saraste, Camilla Hage, Ru-San Tan, Lauren Beussink-Nelson, Jasper Tromp, Cynthia Sanchez, Joyce Njoroge, Stanley A. Swat, Ulrika Ljung Faxén, Maria Lagerstrom Fermer, Ashwin Venkateshvaran, Li-Ming Gan, Lars H. Lund, Sanjiv J. Shah   +16 more
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Provisional practice recommendation for the management of myopathy in VCP‐associated multisystem proteinopathy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 2023
Valosin‐containing protein (VCP)‐associated multisystem proteinopathy (MSP) is a rare genetic disorder with abnormalities in the autophagy pathway leading to various combinations of myopathy, bone diseases, and neurodegeneration.
Bhaskar Roy, Allison Peck, Teresinha Evangelista, Gerald Pfeffer, Leo Wang, Jordi Diaz‐Manera, Manisha Korb, Matthew P. Wicklund, Margherita Milone, Miriam Freimer, Hani Kushlaf, Rocio‐Nur Villar‐Quiles, Tanya Stojkovic, Merrilee Needham, Johanna Palmio, Thomas E. Lloyd, Benison Keung, Tahseen Mozaffar, Conrad Chris Weihl, Virginia Kimonis   +19 more
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A tough pill to swallow: Two cases of statin-induced necrotizing autoimmune myopathy manifesting as dysphagia and transaminitis

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2023
Although 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors are well tolerated, a small subset of patients may develop autoimmune myopathy, classified as immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy.
Hunza Chaudhry, Joanne Lin, Rameen Atefi, Jeffrey Hagino, Candice Marie Yuvienco, Marina Roytman   +5 more
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Clinical and histopathological features of myositis in systemic lupus erythematosus

Lupus Science and Medicine, 2022
Objective The objectives of this study were to compare the clinical features of patients with SLE with and without myopathy and to describe the muscle biopsy features of patients with SLE myopathy.Methods This nested case–control study included all ...
Michelle A Petri, Daniel Goldman, Andrew Mammen, Andrea Corse, Eleni Tiniakou   +4 more
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An atypical presentation of hypothyroidism with extremely exaggerated functional impairment

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Key Clinical Message Myopathy‐related symptoms are rare manifestations of hypothyroidism. Clinicians should consider hypothyroid myopathy as one of the possible diagnoses for patients with proximal weaknesses.
Alireza Arezoumand, Sahar Nazari, Kimia Jazi, Mohammad Bagherzade, Mohammad Mehdi Riahi, Melika AkbariMehr, Narges Kanganee, Maryam Masoumi   +7 more
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Deep venous thrombosis in an individual with statin-exposed anti-SRP myopathy: case report and review of literature

Thrombosis Journal, 2021
Background Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is characterized by proximal muscle weakness, elvated serum muscle enzyme levels, myopathic electromyography findings, and necrotic muscle fiber with few inflammatory cell infiltration in muscle ...
Jiali Li, Mingming Yan, Jiao Qin, Lingyan He, Cao Dai, Rui Wen   +5 more
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Aquaporin-4 expression in distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles

BMC Neurology, 2012
Background Distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles/hereditary inclusion body myopathy is clinically characterized by the early involvement of distal leg muscles. The striking pathological features of the myopathy are muscle fibers with rimmed vacuoles.
Hoshi Akihiko, Yamamoto Teiji, Kikuchi Saeko, Soeda Tomoko, Shimizu Keiko, Ugawa Yoshikazu   +5 more
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Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine Myopathy: Clinical Spectrum and Treatment Outcomes

Frontiers in Neurology, 2021
Chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) have been associated with muscle toxicity, mostly described as a proximal myopathy with evidence of lysosomal dysfunction on muscle biopsy.
Elie Naddaf, Pritikanta Paul, Omar F. AbouEzzeddine   +2 more
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