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Proximal Muscle Weakness in a Child with Kawasaki Disease [PDF]

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2015
To the Editor: Musculoskeletal manifestations in Kawasaki disease (KD) have been occasionally reported, arthritis being the most common. We report a 10-y-old girl with KD who developed debilitating proximal muscle weakness in convalescent phase of the disease. A 10-y-old girl presented with fever for 12d. She developed conjunctival injection along with
Sikha Agarwal, Anju Gupta, Deepti Suri, Amit Rawat, Surjit Singh   +4 more
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Ipecac-Induced Neuromuscular Weakness

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1993
A 15-month-old girl was admitted to the University of Maryland, Department of Pediatrics, with recurrent vomiting after two previous hospitalizations for vomiting, proximal weakness, and ataxia.
J Gordon Millichap
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Proximal muscle weakness due to amyloid deposition [PDF]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 1998
We report here an uncommon case of amyloid myopathy presenting with atrophic proximal muscle weakness. The patient had an IgGκ monoclonal gammopathy and plasmacytosis in the bone marrow. Some of the clinical features of the disorder are highlighted in the present case. A 57 year old man presented with decreased appetite for seven months, difficulty in
A. K VAISH, S. MEHROTRA, M R S KUSHWAHA
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Myositis with prominent B-cell aggregates causing shrinking lung syndrome in systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report

BMC Rheumatology, 2022
Background Shrinking lung syndrome (SLS) is a rare manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) characterized by decreased lung volumes and diaphragmatic weakness in a dyspneic patient.
Flavie Roy, Pat Korathanakhun, Jason Karamchandani, Bruno-Pierre Dubé, Océane Landon-Cardinal, Nathalie Routhier, Caroline Peyronnard, Rami Massie, Valérie Leclair, Alain Meyer, Josiane Bourré-Tessier, Minoru Satoh, Marvin J. Fritzler, Jean-Luc Senécal, Marie Hudson, Erin K. O’Ferrall, Yves Troyanov, Benjamin Ellezam, Jean-Paul Makhzoum   +18 more
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A woman with skin abnormalities and muscle weakness:A woman with skin abnormalities and muscle weakness

, 2013
A 54-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with progressive proximal muscle weakness and a symmetric skin rash. Physical examination demonstrated a heliotrope rash, Gottron lesions, mechanic's hands and symmetrical erythema of the face ...
Delsing, Corine E., Hettema, Martha E., Steggink, Lars C.; id_orcid   +2 more
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A rare case of juvenile dermatomyositis and review of literature

Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology, 2017
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are rare group of systemic connective tissue diseases. The hallmark of these disorders is symmetrical chronic inflammation and weakness of proximal muscles. Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is the most common inflammatory
Anjali T Bharani, Mohini Harshey, Randhir Khurana, Swati Raipurkar   +3 more
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Vitamin D Status in Patients with Proximal Muscle Weakness

Bangladesh Medical Journal, 2022
Vitamin D deficiency has emerged as a concerning public health issue, and almost 25-50% of patients with proximal muscle weakness suffer for this deficiency. It has been documented that myopathy could be a presentation of hypovitaminosis D. Most often, it remains unnoticed or undiagnosed because muscle weakness develops gradually over the years.
Md Minhaj Uddin Bhuiyan, Ayesha Hoque Asha, Mohammad Kamrul Hasan, Rajib Bhowmic, Md Shahriar Siddiki, Shah Mubdi Un Naafi, Md Faizul Islam Chowdhury   +6 more
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Case report of a family with hereditary inclusion body myopathy with VCP gene variant and literature review

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
BackgroundMissense VCP gene variants lead to a disruption in protein homeostasis causing a spectrum of progressive degenerative diseases. Myopathy is the most frequent manifestation characterized by slowly progressing weakness of proximal and distal limb
Greta Asadauskaitė, Ramunė Vilimienė, Vytautas Augustinavičius, Birutė Burnytė   +3 more
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Variable Myopathic Presentation in a Single Family with Novel Skeletal RYR1 Mutation [PDF]

, 2013
We describe an autosomal recessive heterogeneous congenital myopathy in a large consanguineous family. The disease is characterized by variable severity, progressive course in 3 of 4 patients, myopathic face without ophthalmoplegia and proximal muscle ...
Rokach, O., Ruben Attali, Nevo, Y., Talya Dor, Fellig, Y., Straussberg Rachel, Rachel Straussberg, Aharoni S, TREVES, Susan Nella, Daana, M., Fellig Yakov, Becker Cohen Michal, Mitrani-Rosenbaum Stella, Attali R, Attali Ruben, Yoram Nevo, Rokach O, Attali, R., Dor, T., Becker Cohen M, Susan Treves, Mitrani-Rosenbaum, S., Fellig Y, Aharoni, S., Mitrani Rosenbaum S, Treves, S., Dor T, Nevo Yoram, Aharoni Sharon, Straussberg, R., Michal Becker Cohen, Dor Talya, Straussberg R, Becker Cohen, M., Ori Rokach, Muhannad Daana, Nevo Y., Treves Susan, Daana Muhannad, Stella Mitrani-Rosenbaum, Rokach Ori, Yakov Fellig, Daana M, Sharon Aharoni   +43 more
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A Rare Manifestation of Hypothyroid Myopathy: Hoffmann's Syndrome [PDF]

Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2015
Hypothyroid myopathy is observed frequently and the resolution of the clinical manifestations of myopathy following thyroid hormone replacement is well known.
Kang Won Lee, Sun Hwa Kim, Kyoung Jin Kim, Sang Hyun Kim, Hee Young Kim, Byung-Jo Kim, Sin Gon Kim, Dong Seop Choi   +7 more
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