OBJECTIVE The current classification criteria for idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) retain PM as a major disease subgroup. However, evolution in the understanding of IIM has suggested that many of these patients could be better described as having ...
J. Loarce-Martos +4 more
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. 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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Prevalence of the E321G MYH1 variant for immune-mediated myositis and nonexertional rhabdomyolysis in performance subgroups of American Quarter Horses. [PDF]
BackgroundImmune-mediated myositis (IMM) in American Quarter Horses (QHs) causes acute muscle atrophy and lymphocytic infiltration of myofibers. Recently, an E321G mutation in a highly conserved region of the myosin heavy chain 1 (MYH1) gene was ...
Finno, Carrie J +6 more
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Managing toxicities associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: consensus recommendations from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Toxicity Management Working Group. [PDF]
Cancer immunotherapy has transformed the treatment of cancer. However, increasing use of immune-based therapies, including the widely used class of agents known as immune checkpoint inhibitors, has exposed a discrete group of immune-related adverse ...
Abdallah, K. +80 more
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Multisystem proteinopathy due to a homozygous p.Arg159His VCP mutation : a tale of the unexpected [PDF]
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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Highly differentiated cytotoxic T cells in inclusion body myositis.
Inclusion body myositis is a late onset treatment-refractory autoimmune disease of skeletal muscle associated with a blood autoantibody (anti-cN1A), an HLA autoimmune haplotype, and muscle pathology characterized by cytotoxic CD8+ T cell destruction of ...
S. Greenberg +5 more
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Myositis ossificans circumscripta of the buccinator muscle: first report of a rare complication of mandibular third molar extraction. [PDF]
Myositis ossificans is a self-limiting ossifying process that most often develops following mechanical trauma to skeletal musculature. It chiefly affects the skeletal muscles of extremities of young athletically active adult males. Myositis ossificans is
Abramovitch, Kenneth +4 more
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Fibrosarcoma on the leg of an adult rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)
Abstract This case describes a fibrosarcoma on the left upper leg of an adult female rhesus macaque. The patient was initially presented with a defined swelling at the caudolateral side of the upper leg. Medially from the growth, a swollen circular wound had formed with a fistula leading in the direction of the mass.
Merel Wegman +4 more
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Treatment for inclusion body myositis [PDF]
Background Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a late-onset inflammatory muscle disease (myopathy) associated with progressive proximal and distal limb muscle atrophy and weakness.
Brassington, Ruth +7 more
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Antimicrobial prescribing guidelines for horses in Australia
The growing problem of antimicrobial resistance also affects equine veterinarians with increasing frequency. Antimicrobial stewardship and responsible prescribing are essential for a future in which effective antimicrobials are available, as it is unlikely that new antimicrobials will become available for use in horses.
L Hardefeldt +18 more
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