Muscle inflammation, autoimmune Addison's disease and sarcoidosis in a patient with dysferlin deficiency
Muscle inflammation, autoimmune Addison's disease and sarcoidosis in a patient with dysferlin deficiency
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DOI:
10.1016/j.nmd.2006.01.005
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发表时间:
2006-03-01
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Vilardell-Tarres, M
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作者:
Selva-O'Callaghan, A;Labrador-Horrillo, M;Vilardell-Tarres, M
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are a group of acquired, heterogeneous, systemic diseases commonly regarded as autoimmune disorders. Differential diagnosis includes muscular dystrophies, especially the dysferlin-deficiency myopathy. We report a case of a patient diagnosed with polymyositis and with associated autoimmune diseases that finally turned out to be a dysferlin deficiency (limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B). A possible link between dysferlin deficiency an autoimmunity is discussed. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.