An investigation of infectious etiologies of sporadic inclusion body myositis [PDF]
, 2020 Introduction: Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) is a rare, debilitating disease that can significantly lower one’s quality of life. Unfortunately, there are no current effective treatments, as the underlying causes are still unknown. We hypothesize
Kennedy, Tyler, Meltzer, MD, Michele
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Inclusion body myositis – pathomechanism and lessons from genetics
Open Medicine, 2015 Inclusion body myositis is a rare, late-onset myopathy. Both inflammatory and myodegenerative features play an important role in their pathogenesis.
Murnyák Balázs +8 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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Multisystem proteinopathy due to a homozygous p.Arg159His VCP mutation : a tale of the unexpected [PDF]
, 2020 ObjectiveTo assess the clinical, radiologic, myopathologic, and proteomic findings in a patient manifesting a multisystem proteinopathy due to a homozygous valosin-containing protein gene (VCP) mutation previously reported to be pathogenic in the ...
Azmi, A +12 more
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Anti-NT5c1A Autoantibodies as Biomarkers in Inclusion Body Myositis
Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 Objective: Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis (sIBM) is an inflammatory myopathy (IIM) without a specific diagnostic biomarker until autoantibodies to the cytosolic 5′-nucleotidase 1A (NT5c1A/Mup44) were reported.
Adam Amlani +11 more
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Betekintés az idiopathiás inflammatorikus myopathiában szenvedő betegek gyógytornájába | Insight into the training of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy [PDF]
, 2016 Absztrakt Idiopathiás inflammatorikus myopathiában szenvedő betegeknél a jelenleg alkalmazott gyógyszeres kezelés mellett izomkárosodás és egészségromlás alakul ki.
Váncsa, Andrea
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Cardiology Discovery. Previous studies have reported elevated cardiac troponin T (cTnT) in patients with inclusion body myositis due to skeletal myopathy. Although the trends of cTnT have been reported in some cases, the onset of elevation has barely been reported.
Zhiqing Fu, Xiujin Zhang, Hanjia Gao
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Scanning for therapeutic targets within the cytokine network of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies [PDF]
, 2015 The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) constitute a heterogeneous group of chronic disorders that include dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), sporadic inclusion body myositis (IBM) and necrotizing autoimmune myopathy (NAM).
De Paepe, Boel, Zschüntzsch, Jana
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Biomarkers in Inflammatory Myopathies – An Expanded Definition [PDF]
, 2019 Biomarkers as parameters of pathophysiological conditions can be of outmost relevance for inflammatory myopathies. They are particularly warranted to inform about diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic questions.
Benveniste, Olivier +2 more
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A practical approach to the patient presenting with dropped head [PDF]
, 2016 Head drop, or having a dropped head, is an uncommon condition in which patients present with a disabling inability to lift their head. It may arise in many neurological conditions that can be divided into those with neuromuscular weakness of neck ...
Demicoli, Marija, Marsh, Eleanor A.
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