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Avallone AR, Di Stefano V, Bevilacqua L, Alonge P, Lupica A, Maccora S, Monastero R, Amabile S, Barone P, Brighina F, Vinciguerra C. AChR-seropositive myasthenia gravis in muscular dystrophy: diagnostic pitfalls and clinical management challenges. Neurol Sci 2024:10.1007/s10072-024-07675-6. [PMID: 38965114 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-024-07675-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2024] [Accepted: 06/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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The co-occurrence of genetic myopathies with myasthenia gravis (MG) is extremely rare, however a few studies have been reported. We aim to explore the link between genetically inherited muscle disorders and immune-mediated neuromuscular junction conditions, taking into account the diagnostic and therapeutic implications posed by these combined conditions. We searched all English medical papers registered in Web of Knowledge, PubMed, Google Scholar, and Science Direct between January 1987 concerning the association between muscular dystrophies (MD) and MG, also adding three new cases to the series reported so far. Three new clinical cases in which MG concurs with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) or facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) or myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) were reported. A comprehensive literature review showed that FSHD is the dystrophy most frequently associated with generalized MG. The AChR antibody titer is high and neurophysiologic tests prove to be an essential tool for the diagnosis. The association between MG and MD is rare but should not be underestimated. The presence of unusual clinical features suggest investigating additional overlapping condition, especially when a treatable disease like MG is suspected.
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- Anna Rosa Avallone
- Neurology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University Hospital San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D'Aragona, University of Salerno, Salerno, 84131, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience, and advanced Diagnostic (BiND), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience, and advanced Diagnostic (BiND), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience, and advanced Diagnostic (BiND), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience, and advanced Diagnostic (BiND), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience, and advanced Diagnostic (BiND), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience, and advanced Diagnostic (BiND), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Medical Genomics Program, AOU S. Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University Hospital San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D'Aragona, University of Salerno, Salerno, 84131, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience, and advanced Diagnostic (BiND), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University Hospital San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D'Aragona, University of Salerno, Salerno, 84131, Italy.
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Nashi RA, Shmerling RH. Antinuclear Antibody Testing for the Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Rheum Dis Clin North Am 2022; 48:569-578. [PMID: 35400379 DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2022.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune inflammatory condition that may involve multiple organ systems. Although the antinuclear antibody (ANA) test is positive in nearly every case of SLE, it is not specific for this disease and must be interpreted in the appropriate clinical context. Key features that warrant ANA testing include unexplained multisystem inflammatory disease, symmetric joint pain with inflammatory features, photosensitive rash, and cytopenias. ANA staining patterns and more specific autoantibody testing may be helpful in diagnosis of suspected SLE or ANA-associated disease. For patients with nonspecific symptoms, such as malaise and fatigue, ANA testing is of limited value.
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- Rand A Nashi
- Division of Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 110 Francis Street, Suite 4B, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 110 Francis Street, Suite 4B, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Harvard Health Publications, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Fernández Díaz E, Sánchez-Larsen Á, Redondo-Peñas I, Segura T. Progressive cerebellar ataxia with falsely positive anti-Ma2 antibodies. NEUROLOGÍA (ENGLISH EDITION) 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nrleng.2020.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Fernández Díaz E, Sánchez-Larsen Á, Redondo-Peñas I, Segura T. Ataxia cerebelosa progresiva con anticuerpos anti-Ma2 falsamente positivos. Neurologia 2021; 36:334-336. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2020.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Nashi RA, Shmerling RH. Antinuclear Antibody Testing for the Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Med Clin North Am 2021; 105:387-396. [PMID: 33589110 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2020.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune inflammatory condition that may involve multiple organ systems. Although the antinuclear antibody (ANA) test is positive in nearly every case of SLE, it is not specific for this disease and must be interpreted in the appropriate clinical context. Key features that warrant ANA testing include unexplained multisystem inflammatory disease, symmetric joint pain with inflammatory features, photosensitive rash, and cytopenias. ANA staining patterns and more specific autoantibody testing may be helpful in diagnosis of suspected SLE or ANA-associated disease. For patients with nonspecific symptoms, such as malaise and fatigue, ANA testing is of limited value.
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- Rand A Nashi
- Division of Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 110 Francis Street, Suite 4B, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 110 Francis Street, Suite 4B, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Harvard Health Publications, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Lund B, Ulmner M, Bjørnland T, Berge T, Olsen-Bergem H, Rosèn A. A disease-focused view on the temporomandibular joint using a Delphi-guided process. J Oral Sci 2020; 62:1-8. [DOI: 10.2334/josnusd.19-0128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- Bodil Lund
- Department of Clinical Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen
- Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital
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- Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
- P.F. Craniofacial diseases, Karolinska University Hospital
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- Department of Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo
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- Department of Clinical Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital
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- Department of Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo
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- Department of Clinical Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital
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Acute monoarthritis. JAAPA 2019; 32:25-31. [PMID: 30741851 DOI: 10.1097/01.jaa.0000553379.52389.eb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Acute monoarthritis affects a single joint and has many potential underlying causes, including crystal deposition diseases, infection, trauma, and osteoarthritis. A comprehensive health history and physical examination can help narrow the list of differential diagnoses; judicious diagnostic testing can help pinpoint the diagnosis. Clinicians also must be able to recognize which patients require emergency referral to prevent long-term adverse consequences.
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Ludwig DR, Amin TN, Manson JJ. Suspected systemic rheumatic diseases in adults presenting with fever. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2019; 33:101426. [DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2019.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gao Y, Li S, Zhang Z, Yu X, Zheng J. The Role of Long Non-coding RNAs in the Pathogenesis of RA, SLE, and SS. Front Med (Lausanne) 2018; 5:193. [PMID: 30018955 PMCID: PMC6038710 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2018.00193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Rheumatoid diseases are a group of systemic autoimmune diseases which affect multiple organs with largely unknown etiology. In the past decade, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as important regulators of biological processes and contribute deeply to immune cell development and immune responses. Substantial evidences have been accumulated showing that LncRNAs involved in the pathogenesis of the rheumatoid diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and Sjögren's syndrome (SS). In this review, we summarize literature combined with bioinformatics methods to analyze the unique and common lncRNAs patterns in rheumatoid diseases and try to reveal the important function of lncRNAs in RA, SLE and SS.
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- Yunzhen Gao
- Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Xinxiang Medical University, XinXiang, China
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- Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Xinxiang Medical University, XinXiang, China
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- Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Xinxiang Medical University, XinXiang, China
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- Priority Area Asthma and Allergy, Research Center Borstel, Airway Research Center North, Members of the German Center for Lung Research, Borstel, Germany
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- Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Xinxiang Medical University, XinXiang, China
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Nisihara R, Pigosso YG, Prado N, Utiyama SR, De Carvalho GA, Skare TL. Rheumatic Disease Autoantibodies in Patients with Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases. Med Princ Pract 2018; 27:332-336. [PMID: 29864750 PMCID: PMC6170921 DOI: 10.1159/000490569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases (ATD) such as Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) may have non-organ specific autoantibodies such as antinuclear antibodies (ANA) and rheumatoid factor (RF). AIM To study the prevalence of rheumatic autoantibodies in a group of ATD patients without known rheumatic diseases and to evaluate its association with the patients' epidemiological and treatment profiles. To follow positive non-organ specific autoantibody-positive ATD individuals to investigate whether they will develop a rheumatic disorder. METHODS A sample of 154 ATD patients (70 HT and 84 GD; mean age 45.3 ± 14.2) had determination of ANA by immunofluorescence, using hep-2 cells as substrate, extractable nuclear antigen profile by ELISA kits and RF by latex agglutination. Epidemiological and treatment profiles were obtained through chart review. These patients were followed for the mean period of 5 years, between 2010 and 2015. RESULTS Positive ANA was found in 17.5% (27/154) of the patients: anti-Ro/SS-A in 4/154 (2.5%); anti-RNP in 4/154 (2.5%), and anti-La/SS-B in 3/154 (1.9%). None had anti-Sm antibodies. RF was detected in 12/154 (7.7%) of ATD patients and was more common in older individuals (p = 0.007). There was a positive association between the presence of RF and ANA (p = 0.03; OR 3.89; 95% CI 1.1-13.3). None of the patients with positive autoantibodies developed clinical rheumatic diseases during the period of observation. CONCLUSION We found rheumatic autoantibodies in 17.5% of ATD patients without rheumatic diseases. None of them were associated with the appearance of clinical rheumatic disorder during the period of 5 years.
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- Renato Nisihara
- Laboratory of Immunopathology, Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
- Department of Medicine, Positivo University, Curitiba, Brazil
- *Dr. Renato Nisihara, Laboratory of Immunopathology, Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Paraná, Rua Padre Camargo 280, Curitiba 80060-240 (Brazil), E-Mail
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- Department of Medicine, Positivo University, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunopathology, Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
- Department of Clinical Analysis, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Endocrinology Service, Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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