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8186711

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5-6
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-6-23
pubmed:abstractText
A 31-yr-old woman presented with a severe and rapidly progressive myopathy affecting proximal limbs, neck flexors and respiratory muscles. Muscle biopsy revealed numerous atrophic fibres with marked structural alterations, without inflammatory infiltrate. By electron microscopy, atrophic fibres displayed many rods. A benign monoclonal gammopathy (IgG, lambda chain) was evident in serum. A sarcolemmal deposit of IgG, lambda chain was found by immunostaining. Plasmapheresis and immunosuppressive therapies produced a decrease in paraproteinemia and a partial clinical improvement. This observation is the third to associate monoclonal gammopathy with "late-onset rod myopathy". The pathogenetic role of paraproteinemia remains unclear.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0960-8966
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
557-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Late-onset rod myopathy associated with monoclonal gammopathy.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM U. 153, CNRS ERS 064, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports