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Vascular Occlusion Training for Inclusion Body Myositis: A Novel Therapeutic Approach
Published on: June 5, 2010
Inclusion body myositis
1Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA. Rabi_Tawil@urmc.rochester.edu
Abstract:
Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is an inflammatory myopathy with distinctive clinicopathologic features. The etiology of IBM remains elusive. The immune-mediated basis for this disease has been challenged by evidence implicating a number of divergent etiologic factors. These factors include mitochondrial deletions, nitric oxide induced oxidative stress, myonuclear breakdown, and abnormal accumulation within muscle fibers of brain-specific Alzheimer type proteins. The treatment of IBM with conventional immunosuppressive agents has been disappointing. Therapeutic approaches currently under study or consideration are beta-interferon and synthetic anabolic hormones.
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