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Is Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy Related to Cirrhosis Severity? 肝硬化心肌病与肝硬化严重程度有关吗?
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Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-29 DOI: 10.5041/RMMJ.10488
Subhash Chandra Dash, Beeravelli Rajesh, Suresh Kumar Behera, Naba Kishore Sundaray, Praveen Patil
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Fresh Frozen Plasma Increases Hemorrhage in Blunt Traumatic Brain Injury and Uncontrolled Hemorrhagic Shock. 新鲜冷冻血浆增加钝性外伤性脑损伤和失血性休克的出血。
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Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-29 DOI: 10.5041/RMMJ.10489
Hilla Abergel, Miri Bidder, Itamar Ashkenazi, Leonid Reytman, Ricardo Alfici, Michael M Krausz
{"title":"Fresh Frozen Plasma Increases Hemorrhage in Blunt Traumatic Brain Injury and Uncontrolled Hemorrhagic Shock.","authors":"Hilla Abergel,&nbsp;Miri Bidder,&nbsp;Itamar Ashkenazi,&nbsp;Leonid Reytman,&nbsp;Ricardo Alfici,&nbsp;Michael M Krausz","doi":"10.5041/RMMJ.10489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10489","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Blunt traumatic brain injury (bTBI) and uncontrolled hemorrhagic shock (UCHS) are common causes of mortality in polytrauma. We studied the influence of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) resuscitation in a rat model with both bTBI and UCHS before achieving hemorrhage control.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The bTBI was induced by an external weight drop (200 g) onto the bare skull of anesthetized male Lewis (Lew/SdNHsd) rats; UCHS was induced by resection of two-thirds of the rats' tails. Fifteen minutes following trauma, bTBI+UCHS rats underwent resuscitation with FFP or lactated Ringer's solution (LR). Eight groups were evaluated: (1) Sham; (2) bTBI; (3) UCHS; (4) UCHS+FFP; (5) UCHS+LR; (6) bTBI+UCHS; (7) bTBI+UCHS+FFP; and (8) bTBI+UCHS+LR. Bleeding volume, hematocrit, lactate, mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate, and mortality were measured.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study included 97 rats that survived the immediate trauma. Mean blood loss up to the start of resuscitation was similar among UCHS only and bTBI+UCHS rats (P=0.361). Following resuscitation, bleeding was more extensive in bTBI+UCHS+FFP rats (5.2 mL, 95% confidence interval [CI] 3.7, 6.6) than in bTBI+UCHS+LR rats (2.5 mL, 95% CI 1.2, 3.8) and bTBI+UCHS rats (1.9 mL, 95% CI 0, 3.9) (P=0.005). Overall mortality increased if bleeding was above 4.5 mL (92.3% versus 8%; P<0.001). Mortality was 83.3% (10/12) in bTBI+UCHS+FFP rats, 41.7% (5/12) in bTBI+UCHS+LR rats, and 64.3% (9/14) in bTBI+UCHS rats.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The bTBI did not exacerbate bleeding in rats undergoing UCHS. Compared to LR, FFP resuscitation was associated with a significantly increased blood loss in bTBI+UCHS rats.</p>","PeriodicalId":46408,"journal":{"name":"Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9888485/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10673901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Joles Jewish Hospital: A Short-lived Dutch Small City Hospital With an Unusual Resurrection. 乔尔斯犹太医院:一个短暂的荷兰小城市医院与一个不寻常的复活。
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Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-29 DOI: 10.5041/RMMJ.10492
Jack Y Vanderhoek, Dick van de Kamp
{"title":"The Joles Jewish Hospital: A Short-lived Dutch Small City Hospital With an Unusual Resurrection.","authors":"Jack Y Vanderhoek,&nbsp;Dick van de Kamp","doi":"10.5041/RMMJ.10492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10492","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Joles Jewish Hospital in Haarlem (a small city in the Netherlands) was established in 1930 to provide a Jewish milieu for local patients. Mozes Joles, a wealthy Jewish businessman, bequeathed his fortune to the Haarlem Jewish community to accomplish this objective, and its spiritual leader, Rabbi Simon Philip de Vries, was the driving force in successfully achieving this goal. The Joles Hospital was forcibly closed by the Nazis in 1943, and the postwar leadership of the Haarlem Jewish community decided not to reopen it. Instead, they used the Joles inheritance to build old age homes in both Haifa, Israel, and Haarlem, thus ensuring a Jewish environment for elderly care in both locales. The realization of one man's charitable act bettered the lives of both ill and elderly individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":46408,"journal":{"name":"Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9888487/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9212645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Global Vaccinations: New Urgency to Surmount a Triple Threat of Illness, Antiscience, and Anti-Semitism. 全球疫苗接种:克服疾病、反科学和反犹太主义三重威胁的新紧迫性。
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Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-29 DOI: 10.5041/RMMJ.10491
Peter J Hotez
{"title":"Global Vaccinations: New Urgency to Surmount a Triple Threat of Illness, Antiscience, and Anti-Semitism.","authors":"Peter J Hotez","doi":"10.5041/RMMJ.10491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10491","url":null,"abstract":"Because of rising antivaccine activism and some key global policy missteps, we risk eroding more than 70 years of global health gains. This is occurring through an enabled and empowered antiscience ecosystem, with anti-Semitism and the targeting of Jewish biomedical scientists at its core.","PeriodicalId":46408,"journal":{"name":"Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9888484/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9969306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Three Decades of Cannabis Research: What are the Obstacles? 大麻研究三十年:障碍是什么?
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Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Pub Date : 2022-10-27 DOI: 10.5041/RMMJ.10486
Michael Dor
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Comparing Sublingual and Inhaled Cannabis Therapies for Low Back Pain: An Observational Open-Label Study. 比较舌下和吸入大麻治疗腰痛:一项开放标签观察性研究。
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Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Pub Date : 2022-10-27 DOI: 10.5041/RMMJ.10485
Dror Robinson, Sivan Ritter, Mustafa Yassin
{"title":"Comparing Sublingual and Inhaled Cannabis Therapies for Low Back Pain: An Observational Open-Label Study.","authors":"Dror Robinson,&nbsp;Sivan Ritter,&nbsp;Mustafa Yassin","doi":"10.5041/RMMJ.10485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10485","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objective: </strong>Medical cannabis is becoming an acceptable treatment modality in medicine, especially for pain relief. Concurrently, cannabis use is becoming more prevalent worldwide, a public demand-driven trend despite the lack of established scientific basis. This observational open-label study sought to investigate the effectiveness of cannabis therapy for alleviating low back pain symptoms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Two types of cannabis treatment modalities were sequentially administered to chronic low back pain patients. After an initial 1-month washout period (WO1), the first modality was cannabidiol (CBD)-rich sublingual extract treatment administered for 10 months. Following another washout period, the second modality, Δ<sup>9</sup>-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-rich smoked inflorescence (whole dried cannabis flowers) was administered for 12 months.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Enrolled in the study were 24 patients whose advanced imaging studies (i.e. computerized tomography or magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine) revealed disc herniation or spinal stenosis. Three patients dropped out of extract therapy treatment but resumed study participation to receive THC-rich smoking therapy. After a minimum of 2 years, cannabis therapy had reduced lower back pain symptoms, as assessed by Oswestry Disability Index, the SF-12 patient-reported outcome questionnaire, and the visual analogue scale. Pain reduction was not significant during the extract treatment part of the study; however, pain reduction was significant during the inhaled therapy part of the study.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings indicate that inhaled THC-rich therapy is more effective than CBD-rich sublingual extract therapy for treating low back pain and that cannabis therapy is safe and effective for chronic low back pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":46408,"journal":{"name":"Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal","volume":"13 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9622393/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40496002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Biomarkers in External Apical Root Resorption: An Evidence-based Scoping Review in Biofluids. 外根尖吸收中的生物标志物:基于证据的生物流体研究综述。
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Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Pub Date : 2022-10-27 DOI: 10.5041/RMMJ.10482
Priyanka Kapoor, Aman Chowdhry, Dinesh Kumar Bagga, Deepak Bhargava
{"title":"Biomarkers in External Apical Root Resorption: An Evidence-based Scoping Review in Biofluids.","authors":"Priyanka Kapoor, Aman Chowdhry, Dinesh Kumar Bagga, Deepak Bhargava","doi":"10.5041/RMMJ.10482","DOIUrl":"10.5041/RMMJ.10482","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>External apical root resorption (EARR), an unwanted sequela of orthodontic treatment, is difficult to diagnose radiographically. Hence, the current scoping review was planned to generate critical evidence related to biomarkers in oral fluids, i.e. gingival crevicular fluid (GCF), saliva, and blood, of patients showing root resorption, compared to no-resorption or physiologic resorption.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A literature search was conducted in major databases along with a manual search of relevant articles in the library, and further search from references of the related articles in March 2021. The initial search was subjected to strict inclusion and exclusion criteria according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Following PRISMA guidelines, 20 studies were included in the final review. The studies included human clinical trials and cross-sectional and prospective studies with/without control groups with no date/language restriction. Various biomarkers identified in EARR included dentinal proteins, enzymes, cytokines, and salivary proteins. Severe resorption had higher dentin sialoprotein (DSP) and resorption protein concentrations as well as lower granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) as compared with mild resorption. Increased DSP and dentin phosphophoryn (DPP) expression was found in physiologic resorption. Compared to controls, resorbed teeth showed a higher receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand/osteoprotegerin (RANKL/OPG) ratio. In contrast, levels of anti-resorptive mediators (IL-1RA, IL-4) was significantly decreased. Differences in force levels (150 g and 100 g) showed no difference in resorption, but a significant rise in biomarkers (aspartate transaminase [AST] and alkaline phosphatase [ALP]) for 150 g force. Moderate to severe resorption in young patients showed a rise in specific salivary proteins, requiring further validation. Limitations of the studies were heterogeneity in study design, biomarker collection, sample selection, and confounding inflammatory conditions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Various biomarkers in biofluids indicate active resorption, while resorption severity was associated with DSP and GM-CSF in GCF, and a few salivary proteins. However, a robust study design in the future is mandated.</p>","PeriodicalId":46408,"journal":{"name":"Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal","volume":"13 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9622392/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40363348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Multimodal Imaging in Rhinoorbitocerebral Mucormycosis Associated with Type 2 Diabetes After COVID-19. COVID-19后2型糖尿病相关鼻眶脑毛霉菌病的多模态成像
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Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Pub Date : 2022-10-27 DOI: 10.5041/RMMJ.10483
Pavel Mikhailovich Zelter, Olesya Vladimirovna Zeleva, Egor Andreevich Sidorov, Dmitriy Vyacheslavovich Solovov, Evgeniy Nikolaevich Surovtsev
{"title":"Multimodal Imaging in Rhinoorbitocerebral Mucormycosis Associated with Type 2 Diabetes After COVID-19.","authors":"Pavel Mikhailovich Zelter,&nbsp;Olesya Vladimirovna Zeleva,&nbsp;Egor Andreevich Sidorov,&nbsp;Dmitriy Vyacheslavovich Solovov,&nbsp;Evgeniy Nikolaevich Surovtsev","doi":"10.5041/RMMJ.10483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10483","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This case series analyzed the appropriateness of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for visualization of rhinoorbitocerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) patterns associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) post-recovery from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study included 24 patients with invasive ROCM after having recovered from COVID-19. All patients underwent CT examinations and microbiological and histological verification; 5 patients underwent MRI.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The CT and MRI patterns noted in our patients revealed involvement of skull orbits, paranasal sinuses, large arteries, and optic nerves, with intracranial spread and involvement of the cranial base bones. Using brain scan protocol for CT provided better soft-tissue resolution. We found that extending the MRI protocol by T2-sequence with fat suppression or STIR was better for periantral fat and muscle evaluations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Computed tomography of the paranasal sinuses is the method of choice for suspected fungal infections, particularly mucormycosis. However, MRI is recommended if there is suspicion of orbital, vascular, or intracranial complications, including cavernous sinus extension. The combination of both CT and MRI enables determination of soft tissue invasion and bony destruction, thereby facilitating the choice of an optimal ROCM treatment strategy. Invasive fungal infections are extremely rare in Europe; most of the related data are provided from India and Middle Eastern or African nations. Hence, this study is notable in its use of only diagnosed ROCM cases in Russia.</p>","PeriodicalId":46408,"journal":{"name":"Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal","volume":"13 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9622394/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40692862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Outcomes of Open Fronto-Facial Resection for Fungal Osteomyelitis of Frontal Bone. 开放性额面部切除术治疗真菌性额骨骨髓炎的疗效。
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Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Pub Date : 2022-10-27 DOI: 10.5041/RMMJ.10484
Rupa Mehta, Karthik Nagaraga Rao, Nitin M Nagarkar, Anil Sharma, Badal Kumar, P Karthik
{"title":"Outcomes of Open Fronto-Facial Resection for Fungal Osteomyelitis of Frontal Bone.","authors":"Rupa Mehta,&nbsp;Karthik Nagaraga Rao,&nbsp;Nitin M Nagarkar,&nbsp;Anil Sharma,&nbsp;Badal Kumar,&nbsp;P Karthik","doi":"10.5041/RMMJ.10484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10484","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The second wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) led to the resurgence of opportunistic infections due to the injudicious use of steroids. Sinonasal mucormycosis was declared an epidemic in India during the pandemic. Mucormycosis was managed effectively by surgical debridement along with systemic amphotericin B. Currently, a resurgence of mucormycosis following initial treatment, in the form of fungal osteomyelitis of the frontal bone, is being seen in India.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This prospective study included 10 patients with fungal osteomyelitis of the frontal bone due to mucormycosis. All patients underwent surgical debridement of the sequestrum and involucrum, with systemic antifungal pharmacotherapy.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The average duration of time until mucormycosis recurrence was 22 days following initial treatment (range 10-33 days). Patients presented with extracranial bossing following outer frontal cortex erosion (n=3), bicortical erosion (n=3), bifrontal involvement (n=2), dural involvement (n=3), and involvement of the brain parenchyma and prefrontal cortex (n=2). All cases underwent debridement of the entire sequestrous bone and involucrum until normal bone could be identified. The mean admission duration was 4 weeks (range 3-6 weeks). All treated patients are currently alive and without disease, confirmed by contrast-enhanced computed tomography.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Based on our experience, the successful treatment of fungal osteomyelitis due to mucormycosis requires a four-pronged approach: early detection, multidisciplinary management of comorbidities, surgical debridement of necrotic bone, and adequate systemic antifungal therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":46408,"journal":{"name":"Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal","volume":"13 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9622391/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40692861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A Unique Case of Myositis. 一例独特的肌炎。
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Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Pub Date : 2022-10-27 DOI: 10.5041/RMMJ.10481
Noa Hurvitz, Ariel Kenig, Asa Kessler, Narmine Elkhateeb, Yossef Lerner, Michal Zamir, Fadi Kharouf
{"title":"A Unique Case of Myositis.","authors":"Noa Hurvitz,&nbsp;Ariel Kenig,&nbsp;Asa Kessler,&nbsp;Narmine Elkhateeb,&nbsp;Yossef Lerner,&nbsp;Michal Zamir,&nbsp;Fadi Kharouf","doi":"10.5041/RMMJ.10481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10481","url":null,"abstract":"Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a rare systemic small-vessel disease, with heterogeneous clinical manifestations. While arthralgia and myalgia are common in the disease course, frank myositis is exceedingly rare. Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is a subtype of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs), characterized by severe myositis. We report herein a case of prominent diffuse myositis with shared features of AAV and IMNM.","PeriodicalId":46408,"journal":{"name":"Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal","volume":"13 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9622395/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40363874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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