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Infectious Myositis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Infectious myositis (IM), is the infection of the skeletal muscle tissue (particularly voluntary muscle), which is characterized by swelling, pain, tenderness and/or weakness and is most commonly caused by bacteria, frequently by Staphylococcal and ...
Ram , Arun   +3 more
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Current approach to diagnosis of inflammatory myopathies: Clinical features and myositis antibody profiles

open access: yesIndian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2022
Diagnosis of inflammatory myositis has been made easier with the availability of commercial assays for myositis-specific and myositis-associated antibodies.
Vineeta Shobha, Liza Rajasekhar
doaj   +1 more source

Making the Diagnosis of Myositis: Definition and Classification of Myositis

open access: yes, 2020
Myositis is a heterogeneous group of autoimmune diseases encompassing a large spectrum of clinical manifestations including some patients presenting with no muscle involvement. Thus, the clinician must be aware that arthritis, certain cutaneous features,
Lundberg, IE, Leclair, V
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A national registry for juvenile dermatomyositis and other paediatric idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: 10 years' experience; the Juvenile Dermatomyositis National (UK and Ireland) Cohort Biomarker Study and Repository for Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Objectives: The paediatric idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a group of rare chronic inflammatory disorders of childhood, affecting muscle, skin and other organs.
Juvenile Dermatomyositis Research Group   +15 more
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Cancer in myositis

open access: yesIndian Journal of Rheumatology, 2020
There is an intriguing relationship between cancer and myositis. The immunosuppressive agents commonly used to treat myositis patients are known to favor the development of cancer, but this factor does not seem to be the main cause of the association ...
Albert Selva-O'Callaghan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Myositis

open access: yes, 2022
The S2e guidelines on myositis were completely updated and revised under the leadership of the German Society for Neurology and the participation of many other specialist societies. Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy and antisynthetase syndrome are now
Feist, Eugen, Korsten, Peter
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Pediatric myositis ossificans circumscripta following traumatic hip dislocation: A case report

open access: yesRadiology Case Reports, 2023
Myositis ossificans is non-neoplastic heterotopic bone forms in skeletal muscle. We recognize 3 subtypes: fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, myositis ossificans with no history of trauma (nontraumatic or pseudomalignant), and circumscribed or ...
Khadija Laasri, MD   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Endothelial progenitor cell number is not decreased in 34 children with Juvenile Dermatomyositis: a pilot study

open access: yesPediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2017
Objective A pilot study to determine endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) number in children with Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM). Methods After obtaining informed consent, the EPC number from 34 fasting children with definite/probable JDM at various stages
Dong Xu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cutaneous manifestations in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

open access: yesJournal of IMIDs, 2022
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs), also known as autoimmune myositis, are a rare group of autoimmune disorders with a heterogenoeous spectrum of muscular and extramuscular involvement. IIM can be classified into several subgroups: dermatomyositis
Juan Sanz-Correa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Myositis Ossificans Traumatica of the Temporal Muscle: a Case Report and Literature Review Emphasizing Radiographic Features on Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

open access: yeseJournal of Oral Maxillofacial Research, 2019
Objectives: Heterotopic bone formation within a muscle is designated as ‘myositis ossificans’, and it is associated with multiple aetiologies, such as trauma, genetic predisposition, post-infection, or undetermined causes.
Erika Antonia dos Anjos Ramos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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