Imaging Fibrous Structure Abnormalities of the White of the Eye in Myopathic Patients May 16, 2024 — Abnormalities in the shape of the sclera, the white of the eye, can cause various ...

unsw.edu.au Aims: In patients with inflammatory myopathy and dysphagia, our aims were to determine: (1) the diagnostic utility of clinical and laboratory indicators; (2) the biomechanical properties ...

Subjects with elevated creatine kinase along with evidence of muscle oedema on MRI, myopathic electromyography and/or myopathic muscle biopsy features were defined as having SLE myopathy. Demographic, ...

It can distinguish myopathic from neurogenic muscle wasting and weakness. It can detect abnormalities such as chronic denervation or fasciculations in clinically normal muscle. It can, by determining ...

Results were compared to biopsy specimens without myopathic changes (n=9) and hereditary muscular dystrophy (n=9). Results: The mRNA expression of BAFF, APRIL, and CXCL-13 was significantly higher in ...

The extracellular matrices (ECMs) of connective tissues are crucial for normal development and tissue function, and mutations in ECM genes result in a wide range of serious inherited disorders.

This is an interesting and systematically constructed paper developing an iPSC–myoblast platform. It covers the generation of the cell system, and its detailed description. Assessments are made as to ...

Elamipretide is also under evaluation for primary mitochondrial myopathy, a rare skeletal myopathic disease, with pivotal ...

Elevated CK–MM is considered a marker of muscle damage. In the past, CK has been used to differentiate between myopathic and neurogenic disease, higher CK being associated with myopathic disease. It ...

Neuropathic and myopathic disorders Amyloidosis, Chagas disease, connective tissue disorders, CNS lesions, autonomic diabetic neuropathy, Hirschprung's disease, multiple sclerosis. Idiopathic ...

Approximately 25% to 30% of cases of gastroparesis are not idiopathic and are not secondary to diabetes or postoperative gastric motor dysfunction. Etiologies in such instances include disorders ...