Quadriceps-sparing myopathy is the name formerly used for the commonest clinical condition among a group of syndromes called the hereditary inclusion body myopathies (HIBM). They are characterized by ...

Myopathies are a group of disorders that are characterized by a primary structural or functional impairment of the skeletal muscle. These diseases usually affect muscles without involving the nervous ...

Recently, Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, opened up about his daughters’ battle with a rare neuromuscular disorder called Nemaline Myopathy. This disorder affects skeletal muscles, leading to ...

Madison, WI - Myopathy associated with statin use is generally self-limiting, with a benign clinical outcome, a new retrospective observational analysis shows [ 1]. Dr Karen E Hansen (University of ...

FAERS database collects adverse events submitted by pharmaceutical companies, clinicians, and patients. Concomitant use of statins and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP4-is) does not appear to ...

Can We Differentiate Those Who Have the Self-limited Form of Statin Myopathy From Those Who Have the Immune-Mediated Variety? In our experience, most patients with autoimmune statin myopathy had ...

The myopathies are neuromuscular disorders in which the primary symptom is muscle weakness due to dysfunction of muscle fiber. Other symptoms of myopathy can include include muscle cramps, stiffness, ...