Dr. Linda K Myers MD
Rheumatologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Rheumatology
51 N DUNLAP ST MEMPHIS TN, 38105Rating
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Dr. Linda Myers practices Pediatric Rheumatology in Memphis, TN. Pediatric rheumatologists treat child patients who suffer from pain in the musculoskeletal system, have symptoms of arthritis, or an autoimmune disorder. Dr. Myers evaluates and treats a variety of joint, muscle, and bone disorders; including autoimmune disorders, such as lupus, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, Kawasaki disease, post-infectious arthritis, chronic vasculitis, and inflammatory disorders of the muscle, eye, or other organs. Dr. Myers also is trained in the evaluation of prolonged fever, unexplained complaints of chronic musculoskeletal pain, weakness, poor appetite, fatigue, and/or loss of function or skills.
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Rheumatology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A single-chain class II MHC-IgG3 fusion protein inhibits autoimmune arthritis by induction of antigen-specific hyporesponsiveness.
- Loss of bone minerals and strength in rats with aldosteronism.
- Disseminated blastomycosis presenting as oligoarticular septic arthritis in a 12-year-old girl.
- Hyperparathyroidism and the calcium paradox of aldosteronism.
- Molecular characterization of an arthritogenic collagen peptide interacting with I-Ar.
- Treatment of murine collagen-induced arthritis by the stress protein BiP via interleukin-4-producing regulatory T cells: a novel function for an ancient protein.
- Analog peptides of type II collagen can suppress arthritis in HLA-DR4 (DRB1*0401) transgenic mice.
- Fever and rash.
- T cell receptor signaling induced by an analog peptide of type II collagen requires activation of Syk.
- Collagen-induced arthritis.
- Modulation of collagen-induced arthritis by adenovirus-mediated intra-articular expression of modified collagen type II.
- Supernatants from culture of type I collagen-stimulated PBMC from patients with cutaneous systemic sclerosis versus localized scleroderma demonstrate suppression of MMP-1 by fibroblasts.
- A fatal presentation of dermatomyositis with facial swelling.
- Molecular basis for T cell response induced by altered peptide ligand of type II collagen.
- Characterization of T cell phenotype and function in a double transgenic (collagen-specific TCR/HLA-DR1) humanized model of arthritis.
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