Muscle MRI in immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM): implications for clinical management and treatment strategies.
Laura FiondaAntonio LaulettaLuca LeonardiJorge Alonso PerezStefania MorinoGioia MerlonghiGirolamo AlfieriRocco CostanzoLaura TufanoFiammetta VanoliElena RossiniEduard Gallardo VigoTommaso TartaglioneMarco SalvettiGiovanni AntoniniJordi Diaz-ManeraMatteo GaribaldiPublished in: Journal of neurology (2022)
Muscle MRI is a sensitive biomarker for monitoring disease activity and therapy response, especially when performed early in disease course and before treatment start, and could represent a supportive outcome measure and early prognostic index in IMNM.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- skeletal muscle
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- diffusion weighted imaging
- stem cells
- magnetic resonance
- combination therapy
- smoking cessation
- cell therapy