Neurology

Myositis

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How will you sequence therapies in dermatomyositis given the results of the ProDERM trial?

Will you still favor starting with steroids and traditional immunosuppressive agents, move IVIG earlier in your treatment strategy, or start with IVIG...

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Would you avoid combining JAK inhibitors with IVIG given the risk of thromboembolism?

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How do you recommend tapering IVIG in patients whose inflammatory myositis has achieved remission?

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How would you treat a patient with necrotizing myopathy with positive anti-HMHCoR Ab unresponsive to standard therapies?

How would you treat a patient with necrotizing myopathy with positive anti-HMHCoR Ab (and low TIF1 gamma) that failed prednisone + Cellcept, IVIG + Ce...

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Which myositis patients are good candidates for IVIG?

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How long can you treat dermatomyositis with IVIG?

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How do you treat anti-HMGCoA myopathy?

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Do you typically get muscle MRI in patients with symptoms of myopathy?

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Why do we not typically see features of rhabdomyolysis or acute kidney injury with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies?

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How do you approach the workup for patients with hyperCKemia and positive NXP2 with no clinical symptoms?

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How do you decide on initiation of treatment with steroids or immunomodulatory therapy in patients with statin-induced myopathy versus statin-induced autoimmune necrotizing myopathy?

In patients presenting with likely statin-induced myopathy versus statin-induced autoimmune necrotizing myopathy - how do you approach the decision re...

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How do you counsel young adults with antibody-negative necrotizing myopathy on prognosis and long-term monitoring/treatment?

How do you counsel young adults with antibody-negative necrotizing myopathy on prognosis, risk of recurrence, and long-term monitoring/treatment?

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What workup do you do for patients who have PL-7 elevation when screening for myopathy?

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At what point do you recommend muscle biopsy in the workup for myositis?

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When would you suspect metabolic myopathy and what is your approach to initial workup?

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What features help distinguish thyroid myopathy from immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated myopathy?

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How do you treat post-IVIG headache that is not responsive to Tylenol or NSAIDs?

Specifically, how do you treat the delayed headache, not the headache that develops during the infusion where pre-hydration and slowing down the rate ...

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How do you manage a patient with inclusion body myositis?

Is there a role for immunomodulatory therapy?

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Is it safe to use statins in IIM patients if HMGCR antibodies are negative?

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Do you recommend getting a muscle biopsy in a patient with suspected IMNM with statin exposure, weakness, elevated CK, and positive HMGCR antibody?

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