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Association of immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy with HLA polymorphisms.
HLA - 1 May 2023
Ohnuki Yuko, Suzuki Shigeaki, Uruha Akinori, Oyama Munenori, Suzuki Shingo, Kulski Jerzy K, Nishino Ichizo, Shiina Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is a type of autoimmune myositis typically characterized clinically by proximal muscle weakness with elevated creatine kinase levels, pathologically by myofiber necrosis and regeneration with paucity of lymphocytic cell infiltration, and serologically by the presence of either of two myositis-specific autoantibodies, anti-SRP, and anti-HMGCR antibodies. However, the HLA...
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