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Acute myopathy secondary to oral steroid therapy in a 49-year-old man: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2011 Introduction Acute myopathy caused by oral corticosteroids is rare. We present a case of myopathy occurring after two doses of methylprednisolone. Typically, acute steroid myopathy occurs with therapy using intravenous corticosteroids at high doses ...
Larson Eric, Khan Muhammad A
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Adiponectin in Myopathies [PDF]
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019 In skeletal muscle, adiponectin has varied and pleiotropic functions, ranging from metabolic, anti-inflammatory, insulin-sensitizing to regenerative roles. Despite the important functions exerted by adiponectin, the study of the hormone in myopathies is still marginal.
Tania Gamberi +2 more
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A Case of Statin-Associated Autoimmune Myopathy. [PDF]
, 2017 A 70-year-old previously independent man developed progressive proximal leg weakness resulting in a fall at home suffering traumatic brain injury. He was prescribed a statin medication two years prior, but this was discontinued on admission to the ...
Dokukin, Andrei N +6 more
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Lower Limb Radiology of Distal Myopathy due to the S60F Myotilin Mutation [PDF]
, 2009 Distal myopathies are a clinically and genetically heterogenous group of disorders in which the distal limb musculature is selectively or disproportionately affected.
Birchall, Daniel +8 more
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Inflammatory Myopathy as Early Manifestation of Gastric Cancer [PDF]
International Journal of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Research, 2011 Inflammatory myopathy is a paraneoplastic syndrome. Inflammatory myopathy may be the first manifestation of underlying malignancy. It was reported in patients with colon cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, lung cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Nasim Valizadeh +2 more
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Weakness After an Intra-articular Steroid Injection: A Case Report of Acute Steroid-induced Myopathy
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2022 Introduction: Weakness is a common chief complaint in the emergency department, and the use of glucocorticoids is pervasive in medicine. Muscle weakness, or myopathy, is a well documented side effect of chronic glucocorticoid use. However, acute myopathy,
Matthew R. Jordan +2 more
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Current Opinion in Neurology, 2008 Myofibrillar myopathies represent a group of muscular dystrophies with a similar morphologic phenotype. They are characterized by a distinct pathologic pattern of myofibrillar dissolution associated with disintegration of the Z-disk, accumulation of myofibrillar degradation products, and ectopic expression of multiple proteins and sometimes congophilic
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Current Opinion in Neurology, 2014 Purpose of review Our aim is to highlight major advances reported in the last few years in drug-induced muscle toxicity. Recent findings Our focus is on myopathies induced by statins and immune checkpoint inhibitors with a brief overview of rare steroid myopathies.
Mamatha, Pasnoor +2 more
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Ectopy on a single 12‐lead ECG, incident cardiac myopathy, and death in the community [PDF]
, 2017 BackgroundAtrial fibrillation and heart failure are 2 of the most common diseases, yet ready means to identify individuals at risk are lacking. The 12-lead ECG is one of the most accessible tests in medicine.
Alonso, Alvaro +11 more
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Glycogenin is Dispensable for Glycogen Synthesis in Human Muscle, and Glycogenin Deficiency Causes Polyglucosan Storage [PDF]
, 2020 Glycogenin is considered to be an essential primer for glycogen biosynthesis. Nevertheless, patients with glycogenin-1 deficiency due to biallelic GYG1 (NM_004130.3) mutations can store glycogen in muscle.
Dellgren, Göran +10 more
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