A child with antibody-negative immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy

Muscle Nerve. 2019 Feb;59(2):E10-E13. doi: 10.1002/mus.26375. Epub 2018 Nov 28.

Authors

Cemal Karakas¹, Jeetendra Sah¹, Roberta Seidman², Geetha Chari¹, Yoshimi Hisamoto¹, Joan Cracco¹, Alexandra Reznikov¹, Radha Giridharan¹, Yaacov Anziska¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Division of Pediatric Neurology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
² Department of Pathology, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, New York, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: antibody negative; immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy; inflammatory myopathy; myositis; pediatric.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antibodies / blood
Autoimmune Diseases / complications*
Autoimmune Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Child
DNA / immunology
HLA Antigens / immunology
Humans
Iodide Peroxidase / immunology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Muscle, Skeletal / diagnostic imaging
Myositis / diagnostic imaging
Myositis / etiology*
Myositis / immunology

Substances

Antibodies
HLA Antigens
DNA
Iodide Peroxidase