The clinical phenotype and evolution of antisynthetase syndrome (ASS) are heterogeneous.
This study was therefore undertaken to identify subgroups of ASS patients with similar …

The question of whether primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) is a nosological entity distinct from
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been the subject of controversy since it was first …

The antimalarial agents, chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) are used in long-term
treatment of connective tissue diseases and dermatological disorders and are generally …

Objective Polymyositis is a rare inflammatory muscular disease of unknown cause.
Corticosteroids and immunosuppressive drugs are the first choice of therapy but are not always …

… The high percentage of patients with elevated troponin T levels raised the question of
cardiac involvement in the majority of our patients, although elevated troponin T levels are less …

We describe a long-term observational study of a large cohort of patients with sporadic
inclusion body myositis and propose a sporadic inclusion body myositis weakness composite …

Necrotizing autoimmune myopathy (NAM) is a group of acquired myopathies characterized
by prominent myofiber necrosis with little or no muscle inflammation. Recently, researchers …

A clinical and electrophysiological study was performed in 119 Type 1A Charcot-Marie-Tooth
disease (CMT1A) patients with proven 17p11.2 duplication. Onset of the first functional …

Early management of respiratory muscle failure using mechanical ventilation and high-dose
abatacept with CD86 receptor occupancy monitoring combined with ruxolitinib may be …

Lewis–Sumner syndrome (LSS) is a dysimmune peripheral nerve disorder, characterized by
a predominantly distal, asymmetric weakness mostly affecting the upper limbs with sensory …