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Neuromuscular Neurologist @MayoClinic • Peripheral Nerve Doctor • @PNSociety1 Education Committee • Alum @ufrj @MayoNeuroRes @MayoClinicNeuro • 🇧🇷
May 20, 2020 11 tweets 7 min read
Feels so good to be back to #Neurology. Today I had the pleasure to give #Neurologymorningreport on Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy #NAM. #MedTwitter follow below a few pearls I shared with the team @ErsidaBuraniqi @nzalewski2. THREAD. #NAM is an autoimmune myopathy characterized by severe proximal weakness, myofiber necrosis with minimal or no inflammatory infiltrates on muscle biopsy, and infrequent extra-muscular involvement.