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Statin-induced necrotizing autoimmune myopathy: An uncommon complication of a commonly used medication

open access: yesJournal of the Saudi Heart Association, 2019
A well-known side effect of statin therapy is myopathy. We report a case of statin induced necrotizing autoimmune myopathy, a rare variant of statin-induced myopathy. A 64-year-old gentleman on atorvastatin presented with muscle weakness.
Yehia Saleh   +3 more
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The prediction of the development of diabetic myopathy in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus

open access: yesZdorovʹe Rebenka, 2021
Background. The purpose was to determine the frequency, risk factors of the development of diabetic myopathy in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1), and to create a ma­thematical model for predicting the formation of pathology.
O.Ye. Pashkova, N.I. Chudova
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GNE myopathy (Nonaka myopathy)

open access: yesАнналы клинической и экспериментальной неврологии, 2019
GNE myopathy (Nonaka myopathy) is a rare recessive muscular dystrophy associated with the GNE gene, which is involved in sialic acid synthesis. Typical onset is in the third decade of life with distal weakness of the arms and legs, gradually progressing ...
Galina E. Rudenskaya   +2 more
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Acute myopathy secondary to oral steroid therapy in a 49-year-old man: a case report

open access: yesJournal 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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Inflammatory Myopathy as Early Manifestation of Gastric Cancer [PDF]

open access: yesInternational 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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Myopathy in patients taking atorvastatin: A pilot study

open access: yesIndian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2017
Aim: This study aims to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of statin-induced myopathy. Subjects and Methods: A total of 200 patients aged ≥ 40 years and taking atorvastatin 10 mg/day or more for at least 2 weeks were recruited in the study.
K Manoj, N Jain, S V Madhu
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Weakness After an Intra-articular Steroid Injection: A Case Report of Acute Steroid-induced Myopathy

open access: yesClinical 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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Nemaline myopathy

open access: yesDefinitions, 2020
Nemaline myopathy is a disorder that primarily affects skeletal muscles, which are muscles that the body uses for movement. People with nemaline myopathy have muscle weakness (myopathy) throughout the body, but it is typically most severe in the muscles ...
Nemaline Myopathy
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Anti-HMGCR Myopathy

open access: yesJournal of Neuromuscular Diseases, 2018
Anti-HMGCR myopathy was first recognized and characterized in patients with a history of statin exposure and immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy. After the discovery of anti-HMGCR autoantibodies, several international groups identified and characterized
P. Mohassel, A. Mammen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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