Inflammatory myopathies: Narrowing the differential diagnosis
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 2001 June;68(6):505, 509-514, 517-519
June 1, 2001|Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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ABSTRACT
Muscle weakness is a feature of numerous conditions, but the muscle weakness of inflammatory myopathies, especially polymyositis and dermatomyositis, is easy to differentiate by specific clinical, laboratory, electromyographic, and histological features.
