 Polymyositis
"Polymyositis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Diseases characterized by inflammation involving multiple muscles. This may occur as an acute or chronic condition associated with medication toxicity (DRUG TOXICITY); CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; infections; malignant NEOPLASMS; and other disorders. The term polymyositis is frequently used to refer to a specific clinical entity characterized by subacute or slowly progressing symmetrical weakness primarily affecting the proximal limb and trunk muscles. The illness may occur at any age, but is most frequent in the fourth to sixth decade of life. Weakness of pharyngeal and laryngeal muscles, interstitial lung disease, and inflammation of the myocardium may also occur. Muscle biopsy reveals widespread destruction of segments of muscle fibers and an inflammatory cellular response. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1404-9)
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D017285
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.594.819 C10.668.491.562.575
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| Concept/Terms |
Polymyositis- Polymyositis
- Polymyositides
- Myositis, Multiple
- Multiple Myositis
- Myositides, Multiple
Polymyositis, Idiopathic- Polymyositis, Idiopathic
- Idiopathic Polymyositides
- Idiopathic Polymyositis
- Polymyositides, Idiopathic
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| 1995 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polymyositis" by people in Profiles.
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Salinas M, Solomon JJ, Fern?ndez P?rez ER. Connective Tissue Disease-Interstitial Lung Disease-Associated Mortality Rates and Years of Potential Life Lost in the United States. Chest. 2021 10; 160(4):1368-1371.
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Aggarwal R, Bandos A, Reed AM, Ascherman DP, Barohn RJ, Feldman BM, Miller FW, Rider LG, Harris-Love MO, Levesque MC, Oddis CV. Predictors of clinical improvement in rituximab-treated refractory adult and juvenile dermatomyositis and adult polymyositis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2014 Mar; 66(3):740-9.
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Oddis CV, Reed AM, Aggarwal R, Rider LG, Ascherman DP, Levesque MC, Barohn RJ, Feldman BM, Harris-Love MO, Koontz DC, Fertig N, Kelley SS, Pryber SL, Miller FW, Rockette HE. Rituximab in the treatment of refractory adult and juvenile dermatomyositis and adult polymyositis: a randomized, placebo-phase trial. Arthritis Rheum. 2013 Feb; 65(2):314-24.
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Olson AL, Brown KK, Fischer A. Connective tissue disease-associated lung disease. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2012 Nov; 32(4):513-36.
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Quan D. Muscular dystrophies and neurologic diseases that present as myopathy. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2011 May; 37(2):233-44, vi.
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Lynch DA. Lung disease related to collagen vascular disease. J Thorac Imaging. 2009 Nov; 24(4):299-309.
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Rider LG, Lachenbruch PA, Monroe JB, Ravelli A, Cabalar I, Feldman BM, Villalba ML, Myones BL, Pachman LM, Rennebohm RM, Reed AM, Miller FW. Damage extent and predictors in adult and juvenile dermatomyositis and polymyositis as determined with the myositis damage index. Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Nov; 60(11):3425-35.
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Harris-Love MO, Shrader JA, Koziol D, Pahlajani N, Jain M, Smith M, Cintas HL, McGarvey CL, James-Newton L, Pokrovnichka A, Moini B, Cabalar I, Lovell DJ, Wesley R, Plotz PH, Miller FW, Hicks JE, Rider LG. Distribution and severity of weakness among patients with polymyositis, dermatomyositis and juvenile dermatomyositis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2009 Feb; 48(2):134-9.
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Harris-Love MO. Safety and efficacy of submaximal eccentric strength training for a subject with polymyositis. Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Jun 15; 53(3):471-4.
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Fagan KA, Badesch DB. Pulmonary hypertension associated with connective tissue disease. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2002 Nov-Dec; 45(3):225-34.
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