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ArticleCureus2023

Marked Efficacy of a Therapeutic Strategy in a Patient With Necrotizing Myopathy Associated With Anti-signal Recognition Particle (SRP) Autoantibodies.

Murouj Almaghrabi, Shahad B Almatrafi, Asma Alzahrani, Mohammed Alharbi

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 46% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Murouj AlmaghrabiDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Abdia Main Campus, Makkah, SAU.
Shahad B AlmatrafiCollege of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Abdia Main Campus, Makkah, SAU.
Asma AlzahraniCollege of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Abdia Main Campus, Makkah, SAU.
Mohammed AlharbiDepartment of Neuroscience, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, SAU.
King Abdullah Medical City · SAUmm al-Qura University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Necrotizing autoimmune myopathy (NAM) is a rare muscular disorder characterized by severe proximal muscle weakness. Risk factors include statin use, malignancy, and connective tissue diseases. The current study presents the first case of NAM in Saudi Arabia in a 26-year-old female who presented with proximal upper and lower limb weakness, dysphagia, dysarthria, and dyspnea with no previous medical or surgical history and was not on medication. Targeted myopathic antibody analysis revealed antibodies to signal recognition particles (SRP), and the serum creatinine kinase level reached 9308 U/L. A diagnosis of NAM was made, and the patient was started on the management plan. We discussed an interesting case progression and adverse effect challenges, as well as the management of these difficult-to-treat conditions.

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autoantibodiesnecrotizing myopathyplasma exchangerituximabsignal recognition particletherapeutictherapeutic plasma exchange (tpe)

Identifiers

PMID36999097
PMCPMC10043635
OpenAlexW4322212645

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