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Obturator hernia associated with inclusion body myositis: a case report [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports
Background Inclusion body myositis is a progressive muscle disease characterized by weakness, specifically in the flexor digitorum profundus and quadriceps muscles, and commonly affects men over 50 years of age.
Yuma Sato   +3 more
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Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis: An Acquired Mitochondrial Disease with Extras

open access: yesBiomolecules, 2019
The sporadic form of inclusion body myositis (IBM) is the most common late-onset myopathy. Its complex pathogenesis includes degenerative, inflammatory and mitochondrial aspects.
Boel De Paepe
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Autoantibodies against a 43 KDa muscle protein in inclusion body myositis. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2011
BACKGROUND: Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a poorly understood and refractory autoimmune muscle disease. Though widely believed to have no significant humoral autoimmunity, we sought to identify novel autoantibodies with high specificity for this ...
Mohammad Salajegheh   +2 more
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A 73‐Year‐Old Man With Several Years of Difficulty Climbing Stairs and Frequent Tripping [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
A 73‐year‐old man presented with progressive weakness and atrophy predominantly affecting the distal finger flexors and quadriceps muscles. Electrophysiological studies demonstrated mixed myogenic and neurogenic features.
Mehmet Can Sari   +3 more
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Increasing daily duration of rehabilitation for inpatients with sporadic inclusion body myositis may contribute to improvement in activities of daily living: A nationwide database cohort study

open access: yesJournal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2023
Objective: To analyse the association between the daily duration of rehabilitation for inpatients with sporadic inclusion body myositis and improvement in activities of daily living, using a Japanese nationwide inpatient administrative claims database ...
Takuaki Tani   +2 more
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Clinical types of lung disease in polymyositis and dermatomyositis

open access: yesКлинический разбор в общей медицине, 2021
The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are a group of rare, heterogeneous connective tissue disorders characterized by skeletal muscle inflammation. The four main forms of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are dermatomyositis, polymyositis, inclusion ...
Inna B. Bondarenko   +2 more
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Inclusion body myositis in an older patient following a fall

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2023
Key Clinical Message After experiencing a fall, an 82‐year‐old woman developed progressive loss of lower limb strength and was diagnosed with inclusion body myositis.
Haruma Saiki   +5 more
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A Rare Case of Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis (s-IBM) [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Sporadic inclusion body myositis (s-IBM) is an acquired inflammatory myopathy. Clinical presentation is variable. The usual presentation is progressive weakness and atrophy of the arms and leg muscles, especially of the quadriceps femoris which is ...
Sourya Acharya   +4 more
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Sporadic inclusion body myositis in the rheumatology clinic

open access: yesIndian Journal of Rheumatology, 2020
Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) is a progressive and insidious skeletal muscle disorder characterized classically by the quadriceps, wrist, and finger flexor weakness.
Fernando Henrique Carlos de Souza   +5 more
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Inclusion Body Myositis Treated with Alemtuzumab

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2019
Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a chronic inflammatory myopathy with a progressive course. It is more common in the later years of life and usually presents with limb weakness.
Juliana Sá   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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