The myopathy with perimysial pathology and the associated clinical syndromes seen in our patients are similar to disorders associated with antisynthetase antibodies. In patients with muscle discomfort ...

The Correct Prednisone Starting Dose in Polymyalgia Rheumatica is Related to Body Weight But Not to Disease Severity ...

In addition, steroid myopathy can occur, causing weakness primarily to proximal muscles of the upper and lower extremities and neck, which is frequently confused with progressive neurological disease.

Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy and bethlem myopathy: clinical and genetic heterogeneity Distrofia muscular congênita com hiperextensibilidade articular distal (Ullrich) e miopatia de Bethlem: ...

Objective To elucidate the common and distinct clinical features of immune-mediated necrotising myopathy (IMNM), also known as necrotising autoimmune myopathy associated with autoantibodies against ...

In our cohort, 6 of 7 patients with isolated anti-Ku presented typical immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM)-like pathological features with predominantly necrotic muscle fibre and CD68 + ...