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Article
Dans Anglais
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-138682
Résumé
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.
Sujets)
Sujet âgé , Femelle , Humains , Poumon/imagerie diagnostique , Polymyosite/complications , Polymyosite/diagnostic , Polymyosite/traitement médicamenteux , Polymyosite/anatomopathologie , Insuffisance respiratoire/étiologie , Insuffisance respiratoire/thérapie , Paralysie des muscles respiratoires/étiologie , Tomodensitométrie
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Neurol India
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2006 Jun; 54(2): 226-7
Article
Dans Anglais
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-120123
3.
Neurol India
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2002 Mar; 50(1): 98-100
Article
Dans Anglais
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-120929
Résumé
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.