The prediction of the development of diabetic myopathy in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Zdorovʹe 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)
Анналы 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
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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Myopathy in patients taking atorvastatin: A pilot study
Indian 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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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.
Krause, Klaus-Henning, Schmitt, H.-P.
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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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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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UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase (GNE) binds to alpha-actinin 1: novel pathways in skeletal muscle? [PDF]
, 2008 Hereditary inclusion body myopathy (HIBM) is a rare neuromuscular disorder caused by mutations in GNE, the key enzyme in the biosynthetic pathway of sialic acid.
North Kathryn N. +31 more
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Vitamin D Deficiency Presenting as Proximal Myopathy: An Overlooked Diagnosis - A Case Series and Review of the Literature [PDF]
, 2022 The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is ubiquitous. Severe disease can present very dramatically and can be misleading to the treating physician, resulting in mismanagement.
Venkatraman Rajkumar
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