Introduction For idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) (‘myositis’) standard initial treatment is high-dosed glucocorticoids, which results in relatively slow improvement of muscle strength. Early ...

Results of two phase 2 studies suggest efgartigimod could be a potential treatment for myositis and Sjögren disease in ...

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Myopathy can be divided into three categories: myalgias, myositis and rhabdomyolysis. Myalgias are described as a soreness, tenderness or weakness of muscles, either at rest or brought on by exertion.

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 + ...

Statin-induced myopathy is a well-known adverse effect. Recently, short-term administration of statins has been shown to decrease cardiorespiratory fitness through inducing mitochondrial damage. [5] ...

Editorial Archive Alcoholic Myopathy Published June 9, 1966 N Engl J Med 1966;274: 1326 - 1327 ...

TOPLINE: Patients with diabetes using glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) may face more than twice the risk for developing neovascular age-related macular degeneration compared with ...