The clinical diagnosis of sIBM is confirmed by muscle biopsy, and is aided by electromyography (EMG) and determination of serum muscle enzyme levels. Creatine kinase levels can initially be elevated ...

BALTIMORE, Md. (KFSN) -- It's a condition that causes the body's immune system to turn against its own muscles, making it difficult to walk or lift heavy things. Inclusion-body myositis is often ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 64-year-old male presents to the gastroenterology/hepatology clinic with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Many patients who might have previously been diagnosed with polymyositis are now being treated for ...

From January 2009 to June 2010, many broiler chicks suddenly died without clinical signs. The mortality rates were from 1.2% to 17.0% in affected flocks. Inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) was detected in ...

The guitar legend, who shot to global stardom in 1976 with his multi-platinum live album Frampton Comes Alive!, has been diagnosed with inclusion body myositis On Oct. 12, 2019, Peter Frampton rocked ...

Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) presents with a characteristic clinical phenotype of slow-onset weakness and atrophy, affecting proximal and distal limb muscles and facial and pharyngeal ...

Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a progressive inflammatory disease of the muscles. It is the most common among such conditions, but is distinct from hereditary inclusion body myopathies (hIBM). As ...