TY - JOUR
T1 - Muscle inflammation, autoimmune Addison's disease and sarcoidosis in a patient with dysferlin deficiency
AU - Selva-O'Callaghan, Albert
AU - Labrador-Horrillo, Moises
AU - Gallardo, Eduard
AU - Herruzo, Angel
AU - Grau-Junyent, Josep M.
AU - Vilardell-Tarres, Miquel
PY - 2006/3/1
Y1 - 2006/3/1
N2 - 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. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - 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. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KW - Addison's disease
KW - Autoimmunity
KW - Dysferlin
KW - Polymyositis
KW - Sarcoidosis
U2 - 10.1016/j.nmd.2006.01.005
DO - 10.1016/j.nmd.2006.01.005
M3 - Article
SN - 0960-8966
VL - 16
SP - 208
EP - 209
JO - Neuromuscular Disorders
JF - Neuromuscular Disorders
IS - 3
ER -