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Journal of International Medical Research, 2022 Polymyositis is a subgroup of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies characterized by symmetric proximal limb weakness and chronic skeletal muscle inflammation.
In-Hwa Baek +3 more
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Systemic sclerosis: current views of its pathogenesis. [PDF]
, 2003 Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disorder of unknown etiology characterized by severe and often progressive cutaneous and visceral fibrosis, pronounced alterations in the microvasculature, and numerous cellular and humoral immune abnormalities ...
Derk, Chris T., Jimenez, Sergio A.
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SAGE Open Medicine, 2018 Objective: To examine the clinical utility of tumor markers in dermatomyositis/polymyositis patients in Taiwan. Method: Data were collected retrospectively from the database of Taichung Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan from 1998 to 2014.
Chong Hong Lim +6 more
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Polymyositis following varicella and mumps infection in adults: report of two cases
Reumatismo, 2023 Idiopathic immune myopathies (IIMs) are autoimmune diseases caused by immune-mediated muscle damage. The etiology remains unclear. Epidemiological and experimental studies, both in animals and humans, hint at viruses as major environmental factors able ...
F. Masini +5 more
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Serum levels of matrix metalloproteinases-2 and-9 and their tissue inhibitors in inflammatory neuromuscular disorders [PDF]
, 2006 We monitored serum levels of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their tissue inhibitors (TIMPs) before and during intravenously applied immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy in 33 patients with chronic immune-mediated neuropathies and myopathies and 15 ...
B.G.H. Schoser +15 more
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Roles of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in polymyositis: Inflammation and regeneration
Journal of International Medical Research, 2018 Objective To elucidate the clinical significance of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) serum concentration in patients with polymyositis. Methods Thirty-six patients with polymyositis were enrolled.
Yu-Qiong Zou, Wei-Dong Jin, Ya-Song Li
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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 +7 more
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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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Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 2020 Background: Chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD) occurs in 20-30% of paediatric patients receiving haemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Neuromuscular disorders such as polymyositis are considered a rare and distinctive but non-diagnostic ...
Matteo Chinello +9 more
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Immune myopathies with perimysial pathology: Clinical and laboratory features [PDF]
, 2018 ObjectiveImmune myopathies with perimysial pathology (IMPP) have a combination of damage to perimysial connective tissue and muscle fiber necrosis, more prominent near the perimysium.
Bucelli, Robert C, Pestronk, Alan
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