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Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-138682
ABSTRACT
Polymyositis is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterised by inflammatory myopathy of the skeletal muscles predominantly affecting the proximal muscles and associated with extra-muscular manifestations like dysphagia and skin involvement. In this case report, we describe the occurrence of diaphragmatic weakness and respiratory failure due to polymyositis with relatively well preserved power in limb muscles.
Subject(s)
Aged , Female , Humans , Lung/diagnostic imaging , Polymyositis/complications , Polymyositis/diagnosis , Polymyositis/drug therapy , Polymyositis/pathology , Respiratory Insufficiency/etiology , Respiratory Insufficiency/therapy , Respiratory Paralysis/etiology , Tomography, X-Ray Computed
2.
Neurol India
;
2006 Jun; 54(2): 226-7
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-120123
3.
Neurol India
;
2002 Mar; 50(1): 98-100
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-120929
ABSTRACT
Association of stiff person syndrome, an immune related disorder of anterior horn cells and myasthenia gravis an endplate disorder with similar pathogenesis, is rare. This communication documents this association in the Indian literature for the first time.