Abstract Number: 1262 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mechanisms of Muscular Necrosis in Auto-Immune Myopathies Associated with Anti-Signal Recognition Particle and Anti-3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl-Coenzyme a Reductase Antibodies: Pathogenic Role of Auto-Antibodies
Background/Purpose: Necrotizing auto-immune myopathies (NAM) are a group of acquired idiopathic inflammatory myopathies characterized by severe muscle weakness and no or mild extra-muscular involvement. Definition of…