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Prog Rehabil Med
January 2025
Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, Maebashi, Japan.
Background: Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is a type of autoimmune myositis. Anti-signal recognition particle (SRP) antibodies are highly specific to this disease.
Case: A 76-year-old woman presented with a 4-month history of acute progressive limb muscle weakness and dysphagia.
Liver Int
February 2025
Liver Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.
Nutrients
November 2024
Department of Clinical Dietetics, Medical University of Warsaw, Erazma Ciolka 27 Street, 01-445 Warsaw, Poland.
Autoimmune bullous diseases (AIBDs) are a group of conditions marked by the formation of blisters and erosions on the skin and mucous membranes. It occurs in all age groups, slightly more often affecting women. Several factors may be linked to the development of AIBDs, with nutrition being one of them.
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November 2024
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Contactin-associated protein () gene mutations have been reported in cases of congenital hypomyelinating neuropathy (CHN), a rare hereditary neuropathy. We present a case of a term male infant born at 39 weeks 4 days with respiratory distress, impaired swallow function, and hypotonia. Neurological workup for structural, autoimmune, neuromuscular, and metabolic etiologies was negative and whole exome sequencing revealed a novel mutation in the gene, consistent with a diagnosis of CHN3.
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October 2024
Department of Anesthesia, College of Medicine and Health Science, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Background: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare autoimmune disease that affects the peripheral nervous system. It is characterized by the destruction of nerves involved in movement. This condition can lead to transient pain, changes in temperature and touch sensations, muscle weakness, loss of sensation in the legs and/or arms, and difficulty swallowing or breathing.
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