Various measures of abnormal left atrial (LA) structure or function (LA myopathy) are associated with a higher risk of ischemic stroke and dementia, independent of atrial fibrillation. However, ...

Methods: Clinical, laboratory, and myopathological features were evaluated in seven consecutive patients with a myopathy and serum anti-SRP antibodies, identified over three years. The anti-SRP ...

Inclusions of pathogenic deposits containing TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) are evident in the brain and spinal cord of patients that present across a spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases. For ...

The participants in the survey were individuals with neuromuscular diseases, including the following conditions associated with gait disorder: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, ...

Lumbar myelopathy is the less common form of myelopathy overall. Radiculopathy and myopathy are closely related. Radiculopathy describes the pinching of nerve roots as they exit the spinal cord rather ...

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of systemic autoimmune inflammatory disorders characterised by symmetrical skeletal muscle weakness and accelerated fatigue also in the early ...

6 There are also reports of LMDS manifesting as a mild myopathy or more atypically with phenotypes similar to Leigh syndrome, MELAS (mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like ...