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Vascular Occlusion Training for Inclusion Body Myositis: A Novel Therapeutic Approach
Published on: June 5, 2010
Inclusion body myositis
1Division of Neuromuscular Disease, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. sagreenberg@partners.org
Purpose Of Review:
Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) is a poorly understood immune and degenerative disease of skeletal muscle. Here, current opinion of the nature of this disease is summarized.
Recent Findings:
Recent findings for sIBM include further characterization of muscle involvement through magnetic resonance imaging, the role of muscle as a host for immune cells, progress in the role of extranuclear TDP-43 in causing cellular injury, and the discovery of a new sIBM autoantibody.
Summary:
sIBM understanding continues to advance, with progress regarding the mechanism of this disease.
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