Myopathy was defined by muscle weakness, elevated creatine kinase (CK) levels, myopathic EMG findings, muscle edema on MRI, and/or features of myopathy on muscle biopsy. The researchers identified ...

More information: Cecilia Leijding et al, Serum from patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy induces skeletal muscle ...

Distal muscle weakness and atrophy ... possibility of a diagnosis of DM2—previously known as proximal myotonic myopathy—should also be given consideration. DM2 is characterized by proximal ...

The trade-off would be five cases of myopathy (muscle weakness) per 10,000 patients, leading to rhabdomyolysis (muscle wasting) in one patient if treatment is not stopped. There would be 5-10 ...

An acute necrotising myopathy is a distinct form of uncommon muscle disease characterised by the rapid advancement of ...

Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is an inflammatory myopathy causing proximal and distal muscle weakness. IBM’s cause remains ...

A neurosurgeon from the city says, “Nemaline myopathy is a genetic disorder that causes muscle weakness, often starting in the limbs. While there is no cure, treatments like physical therapy and ...

In family CSM1, two out of three siblings developed proximal muscle weakness and wasting while in their twenties or thirties. Weakness slowly progressed to involve all extremities and eventually ...

Aubrey O'Sullivan, 6, has reducing body myopathy, a rare genetic muscle disorder marked by muscle weakness, and she's rapidly progressing. "Aubrey was just shy of three years old when she woke up ...