"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)
| Descriptor ID |
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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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polymyositis" by people in Profiles.
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The effect of cigarette smoking on the clinical and serological phenotypes of polymyositis and dermatomyositis. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2018 12; 48(3):504-512.
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Anti-NT5C1A autoantibodies are associated with more severe disease in patients with juvenile myositis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 05; 77(5):714-719.
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Atorvastatin-induced necrotizing autoimmune myositis: An emerging dominant entity in patients with autoimmune myositis presenting with a pure polymyositis phenotype. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Jan; 96(3):e5694.
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Clinical and laboratory features distinguishing juvenile polymyositis and muscular dystrophy. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013 Dec; 65(12):1969-75.
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Brief report: ultraviolet radiation exposure is associated with clinical and autoantibody phenotypes in juvenile myositis. Arthritis Rheum. 2013 Jul; 65(7):1934-41.
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Ultraviolet radiation intensity predicts the relative distribution of dermatomyositis and anti-Mi-2 autoantibodies in women. Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Aug; 60(8):2499-504.
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Immunoglobulin gene polymorphisms are susceptibility factors in clinical and autoantibody subgroups of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Oct; 58(10):3239-46.
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Clinical and immunogenetic features of patients with autoantibodies to asparaginyl-transfer RNA synthetase. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Apr; 56(4):1295-303.
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Seasonal influence on the onset of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies in serologically defined groups. Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Aug; 52(8):2433-8.
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Novel classification of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies based on overlap syndrome features and autoantibodies: analysis of 100 French Canadian patients. Medicine (Baltimore). 2005 Jul; 84(4):231-249.