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Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis [PDF]

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1904
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Noyes
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Case of Polymyositis Associated with Celiac Disease: A Case Report

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2023
Polymyositis is an important subtype of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies characterized by muscle inflammation andweakness, often associated with other systemic diseases and malignancies.
Abdul Rehman Azeem, Maira Aleem, Nadeem Azam, Roshaan Tahir, Ali Akhtar   +4 more
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The myokine GDF-15 is a potential biomarker for myositis and associates with the protein aggregates of sporadic inclusion body myositis. [PDF]

, 2020
Background: The cytokine growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) has been associated with inflammatory and mitochondrial disease, warranting exploration of its expression in myositis patients.
De Bleecker, Jan, De Paepe, Boel, Verhamme, Fien   +2 more
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Diagnosis of Polymyositis

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1990
The criteria for the diagnosis of polymyositis, the differential diagnosis, and treatment are reported from the Division of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
J Gordon Millichap
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The relationship between platelet distribution width and disease activity in patients with polymyositis

Rheumatology, 2022
Introduction Muscle enzymes are an indicator of ongoing muscle damage and disease activity in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. Although platelet-related parameters have been shown to be useful as markers of disease activity in autoimmune ...
Gokhan Sargin, Ceren Demir, Songül Cildag, Taskin Senturk   +3 more
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Severe myopathy in a patient with chronic neurological disease – diagnostic challenges [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Rheumatology, 2023
Polymyositis is a rare disease that belongs to the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) group, characterized by chronic muscle inflammation, and in rare cases a life-threatening condition due to extra-muscular involvement.
Cristian-Mihai Ilie, Suzana Popescu, Sinziana Daia-Iliescu, Ioana Saulescu, Denisa Predeteanu, Violeta-Claudia Bojinca, Andra Balanescu, Daniela Opris-Belinski   +7 more
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IL‐15 is a biomarker involved in the development of rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease complicated with polymyositis/dermatomyositis

Journal of Internal Medicine, 2020
Polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM) is an autoimmune disease that is sometimes complicated with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RPILD). However, serum and lung biomarkers that can predict RPILD development remain unclear.
T. Shimizu, T. Koga, Kaori Furukawa, Y. Horai, K. Fujikawa, A. Okada, M. Okamoto, Y. Endo, S. Tsuji, A. Takatani, M. Umeda, S. Fukui, R. Sumiyoshi, S. Kawashiri, N. Iwamoto, T. Igawa, K. Ichinose, M. Tamai, N. Sakamoto, Hideki Nakamura, T. Origuchi, Hiroshi Mukae, Masataka Kuwana, A. Kawakami   +23 more
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An overview of polymyositis and dermatomyositis [PDF]

Muscle & Nerve, 2015
ABSTRACTPolymyositis and dermatomyositis are inflammatory myopathies that differ in their clinical features, histopathology, response to treatment, and prognosis. Although their clinical pictures differ, they both present with symmetrical, proximal muscle weakness.
A. Findlay, N. Goyal, T. Mozaffar
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An electrophysiological investigation of skeletal muscles in polymyositis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1976
An electrophysiological study has been made of the extensor digitorum brevis, thenar and hypothenar muscles in 25 patients with chronic and acute polymyositis.
R. E. P. Sica, Olga P. Sanz, Nidia Aguilera, A. Colombi   +3 more
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High prevalence of bronchiectasis is linked to HTLV-1-associated inflammatory disease. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), a retrovirus, is the causative agent of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATLL).
A Gessain, A Gessain, AH Smith, AM Vine, CR Bangham, D Weycker, E Gotuzzo, EL Murphy, F Okada, Graham P Taylor, H Kawai, H Merle, H Nakamura, IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk to Humans, J Crofton, JR Orland, K Nishioka, L Einsiedel, L Einsiedel, L Einsiedel, L LaGrenade, M Nagai, M Nakagawa, M Osame, M Sugimoto, M Sugimoto, MA Demontis, MG Flynn, OS Morgan, PJ McShane, S Mita, S Mori, Shohreh Honarbakhsh, T Arakaki, T Kondo, T Matsuda, T Yamashiro, W Matsuyama   +37 more
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