Necrotizing autoimmune myopathy: Clinicopathologic study from a single tertiary care centre

Necrotizing autoimmune myopathy: Clinicopathologic study from a single tertiary care centre

Background: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a group of chronic, autoimmune disorders which include a new entity, necrotizing autoimmune myopathy (NAM). NAM lacks inflammation and presents with markedly elevated creatinine phosphokinase (CPK) levels. It is associated with connective tis...

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Main Authors: Sobiya Mahnaz Ayesha, A K Meena, Navatha Vangala, Liza Rajasekhar, Subhash Kaul, Rupam Borgahain, Megha S Uppin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
Subjects:
3-Hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase
muscle biopsy
necrotizing myopathy
signal recognition particle antibodies
statins
Online Access:http://www.annalsofian.org/article.asp?issn=0972-2327;year=2018;volume=21;issue=1;spage=62;epage=67;aulast=Ayesha

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