Woman's World on MSN3d
Itchy Rash + Joint Pain? It May Be Dermatomyositis, an Inflammatory Disease
If you experience persistent muscle weakness, fatigue and skin changes that don't seem to fade, it could be more than just ...
Nature23d
Myotonia congenita—a cause of muscle weakness and stiffness
DM2 is characterized by proximal and distal weakness associated with myotonia and muscle pain. Calf hypertrophy with extramuscular involvement such as cataracts, cardiac arrhythmias, diabetes ...
Nature17d
Missense mutations in desmin associated with familial cardiac and skeletal myopathy
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 ...
BioWorld10d
New in vitro model of inclusion body myositis based on human iPSC-myotubes
Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is an inflammatory myopathy causing proximal and distal muscle weakness. IBM’s cause remains ...
WGAL26d
Lancaster County couple raises awareness about son's rare genetic disorder
Muscle weakness is the main symptom. DMD first affects the proximal muscles (those close to the core of the body) and later affects the distal limb muscles (those close to the extremities).
News Medical19d
Research links kidney dysfunction to muscle weakness in myotonic dystrophy type 1
including muscle weakness, insulin resistance and impaired energy use. The work also reveals that the kidney, specifically the renal proximal tube, is a site where underlying cell dysfunction that ...