- Juvenile Myositis
- Juvenile myositis is one of the conditions in a group of conditions called the dermatomyositis/polymyositis complex. (myositis.org.au)
- Polymyositis
- The other form of Myositis that can occur in children - juvenile polymyositis - is extremely rare. (myositis.org.au)
- The other two are polymyositis and inclusion-body myositis . (thefreedictionary.com)
- ANITA CHALMERS
- RSVP Frances Colley 0409 913 408 /Anita Chalmers (0421 314138), or mail@myositis.org.au. (myositis.org.au)
- If you live in the areas of ACT or Port Macquarie and wish to be involved with a regional group, please contact Secretary ANITA CHALMERS (mobile 0421 314 138) or mail@myositis.org.au. (myositis.org.au)
- diseases
- 2007 and 2008 - Representatives of the Association had meetings in Canberra with representatives from the Minister for Health to see if they could generate any interest with regard to Myositis Research, and to look at ideas on how to raise awareness of the Myositis diseases. (myositis.org.au)
- neuromuscular
- Some conditions, such as myositis, can be considered both neuromuscular and musculoskeletal. (wikipedia.org)
- Lahey Hospital- Medical Center (http://www.lahey.org/Neuromuscular/) Patients with muscle disease , or myopathy, typically have painless weakness that affects both sides of the body equally, commonly in muscles that affect their. (drug-purchase.info)
- Perth
- Contact Teri Hayes 08 9398 3250 or mail@myositis.org.au for information about future meetings in Perth. (myositis.org.au)
- Association
- The Myositis Association-Australia also runs various awareness programs through the month of May. (myositis.org.au)
- A special interest group of The Myositis Association-Australia has been set up for families and patients on Our Committee. (myositis.org.au)
- Authorisation has been provided to The Myositis Association-Australia Incorporated to reproduce this information sheet. (myositis.org.au)
- 2002 - The Myositis Association - Australia started as one of the many Keep in Touch groups of The Myositis Association America. (myositis.org.au)
- At this stage the Association knew that there were over 150 people throughout Australia with Myositis. (myositis.org.au)
- 2007 - The Myositis Association Australia Inc staged a National Myositis Awareness Week. (myositis.org.au)
- 2008 - Assoc Prof Allan Sturgess became Patron of The Myositis Association - Australia Inc. (myositis.org.au)
- autoimmune
- But, with the conditions known collectively as Myositis, the inflammation is within the muscle tissue as a chronic autoimmune response. (myositis.org.au)
- In an autoimmune disease, the immune system attacks normal body cells. (thefreedictionary.com)
- Functions
- Recent studies suggest that HGH plays an important role in multiple body functions. (herbalyzer.com)
- weakness
- Inclusion body myositis is a slowly progressive disease that produces weakness of hand grip and straightening of the knees. (wikipedia.org)
- produces
- It is a natural acid your body produces to supply energy to your muscles, but most guys don't get enough to gain serious muscle mass. (drug-purchase.info)
- Blood
- One grant is to a group in WA to develop a myositis specific blood test and the other a Victorian group researching exercise particularly for IBM patients. (myositis.org.au)
- muscles
- This worm's body wall muscles display a large degree of homology with the muscles of higher metazoan species. (jove.com)
- In the case of Necrotising Myositis, urgent medical care is required due to the aggressive nature of the attack on the muscles putting limbs or even our life at risk. (myositis.org.au)
- DM tends to develop in muscles closest to the center of the body. (thefreedictionary.com)
- specific
- In this study, transgenic mice that express the dominant negative protein under a skeletal muscle-specific promoter (Myo-CELF? (jove.com)
- Group
- April 29th, 2008 - A meeting was held at the Arthritis Foundation Head Office in South Australia with the intention of forming a support group for people with Myositis in SA. (myositis.org.au)
- effective
- One Aβ vaccine was found to be effective against inclusion body myositis in mouse models. (wikipedia.org)
- medical
- Myositis is a medical term that describes inflammation of muscle tissue, "myo" being a prefix denoting muscle, and "itis" being a suffix denoting inflammation of tissue. (myositis.org.au)
- immune system
- This means that you will may experience less energy, more body fat, and have a weaker immune system. (herbalyzer.com)
- In a healthy body, cells of immune system attack only foreign or defective cells in the body to protect it from disease. (thefreedictionary.com)
- response
- Antibodies are proteins made in response to material the body thinks is foreign. (thefreedictionary.com)