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Baricitinib could improve the prognosis of anti-MDA5 antibody positive dermatomyositis associated interstitial lung disease

Arthritis Research & Therapy
Background and objective Currently, there are only a few effective treatments for anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody (anti-MDA5) positive dermatomyositis (DM)-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD).
Shuai Zhu, Shanshan Li, Lipu Shi, Tianshu Chu, Zhenguo Huang, Xin Lu, Guochun Wang, Yongpeng Ge   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical types of lung disease in polymyositis and dermatomyositis

Клинический 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, Liubov A. Ponomareva, Elena N. Popova   +2 more
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Nonbacterial Myositis

Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2010
Infectious myositis is defined as an infection of a skeletal muscle. Infectious myositis is most commonly caused by bacteria; however, a variety of viral, parasitic, and fungal agents may also cause myositis. The pathogenesis of nonbacterial infectious myositis is via direct or hematogenous infection of the musculature or immune mechanisms.
openaire   +3 more sources

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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COVID‐19 Vaccination is not Associated with the Development of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis in U.S. Veterans

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Several case reports have proposed a potential association between COVID‐19 vaccination and the subsequent development of idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM). This study examined prior COVID‐19 vaccination in US Veterans who developed new‐onset IIM compared to those without new‐onset IIM.
Caleb Hernández, Naomi Schlesinger, Jorge Rojas, Jessica A. Walsh, Tawnie J Braaten, Gary A Kunkel, Makoto Jones, Brian C Sauer, Julio Facelli, Grant W. Cannon, Dorota Lebiedz‐Odrobina   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tongue myositis in dermatomyositis with anti-PM-Scl 75 antibody: two case reports

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Background Dermatomyositis (DM) is a heterogeneous disease characterized by skin rash and muscle weakness. Although tongue disorders have been documented in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), biopsy-confirmed tongue myositis remains exceedingly ...
Chao Sun, Xiaolan Tian, Shanshan Li, Guochun Wang, Xin Lu   +4 more
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Tendon Transfers to Improve Grip and Pinch in Patients with Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2023
Background:. Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) is a rare and slowly progressive skeletal muscle disease that can cause hand dysfunction, which is a major source of disability.
Catherine Hua, BA, Salman Bhai, MD, Jonathan Cheng, MD, Jose Hinojosa, MS, Lynn Wilson, BS, Manuel Lubinus, MBA, PhD, Abhiram R. Bhashyam, MD, PhD   +6 more
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MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL TREATMENT REDUCES THE RISK OF TREATMENT ESCALATION DUE TO VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS IN LIMITED CUTANEOUS SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS: EMULATION OF A TARGET TRIAL FROM ITALIAN RHEUMATOLOGY SOCIETY SPRING REGISTRY

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) use in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) is relatively uncommon due to the lower fibrotic burden and the predominance of the vascular complications. In vitro observations and clinical data from transplanted patients suggest a protective effect of MMF on endothelial function.
Enrico De Lorenzis, Gerlando Natalello, Rossella De Angelis, Lucrezia Verardi, Dilia Giuggioli, Gianluigi Bajocchi, Lorenzo Dagna, Silvia Bellando‐Randone, Giovanni Zanframundo, Rosario Foti, Fabio Cacciapaglia, Giovanna Cuomo, Alarico Ariani, Edoardo Rosato, Gemma Lepri, Francesco Girelli, Valeria Riccieri, Elisabetta Zanatta, Ilaria Cavazzana, Francesca Ingegnoli, Maria De Santis, Giuseppe Murdaca, Giuseppina Abignano, Giorgio Pettiti, Alessandra Della Rossa, Maurizio Caminiti, Annamaria Iuliano, Giovanni Ciano, Lorenzo Beretta, Gianluca Bagnato, Ennio Lubrano, Maria Ilenia De Andres, Alessandro Giollo, Cosimo Bruni, Martina Orlandi, Marco Fornaro, Marta Saracco, Cecilia Agnes, Pier Giacomo Cerasuolo, Gabriella Alonzi, Edoardo Cipolletta, Federica Lumetti, Amelia Spinella, Luca Magnani, Corrado Campochiaro, Giacomo De Luca, Veronica Codullo, Elisa Visalli, Carlo Iandoli, Antonietta Gigante, Greta Pellegrino, Erika Pigatto, Maria‐Grazia Lazzaroni, Franco Franceschini, Elena Generali, Gianna Mennillo, Simone Barsotti, Giuseppa Pagano Mariano, Federica Furini, Licia Vultaggio, Simone Parisi, Clara Lisa Peroni, Gerolamo Bianchi, Enrico Fusaro, Gian Domenico Sebastiani, Marcello Govoni, Salvatore D'Angelo, Franco Cozzi, Fabrizio Conti, Serena Guiducci, Andrea Doria, Carlo Salvarani, Florenzo Iannone, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino, Clodoveo Ferri, Marco Matucci Cerinic, Silvia Laura Bosello, on behalf of SPRING collaborators   +77 more
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Predictive value of myositis antibodies: role of semiquantitative classification and positivity for more than one autoantibody

RMD Open
Objectives We assessed the positive predictive value (PPV) of 17 myositis antibodies for having a diagnosis of myositis and other myositis-spectrum conditions (interstitial lung disease (ILD), connective tissue diseases (CTD), malignancy) and evaluated ...
Anne M Kerola, Arno Hänninen, Annukka Pietikäinen, Julia Barantseva, Annaleena Pajander   +4 more
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Molecular confirmation of Sarcocystis fayeri in a donkey [PDF]

, 2017
Sarcocystis fayeri is a canine protozoan parasite with an equine intermediate host. Historically classified as an incidental pathogen, recent literature has described the toxic effects of Sarcocystis fayeri in human food poisoning, and highlighted ...
Coultous, Robert M., Raftery, Alexandra G., Shiels, Brian R., Sutton, David G.M., Weir, William   +4 more
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