Often dark urine is seen because the damaged muscle cells release the pigment myoglobin, which can damage the kidneys. Atypical myopathy has a fatality rate of around 70% so should always be ...
Amsterdam, the Netherlands – argenx SE (Euronext & Nasdaq: ARGX), a global immunology company committed to improving the lives of people suffering from severe autoimmune diseases, today announced the ...
It is the replacement of myofibers by fibrofatty infiltration that effectively reduces myofiber mass and produces muscle weakness. The muscular dystrophies are a subclass of the myopathies ...
have discovered the genetic cause of a rare muscle disease that causes muscle weakness, droopy eyelids and difficulty swallowing. The disease known as oculopharyngodistal myopathy (OPDM) is an ...
The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) represent a group of systemic autoimmune disorders in which muscle is inappropriately targeted for immune-mediated destruction. Extra-muscular ...
Rippling muscle disease (RMD) is a rare and generally benign myopathy characterised by muscle stiffness, muscle hypertrophy and self-propagating rippling of muscles induced by stretch or percussion.1 ...
Some people experience muscle twitching all over the body everyday. Muscle twitching is more common than you may think and it's usually not serious. Common causes range from too much caffeine and too ...