PH Plotz, M Dalakas, RL Leff, LA Love, FW … - Annals of internal …, 1989 - Am Coll Physicians Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy, a category encompassing polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and a
number of other disorders, is very uncommon, but has been the focus of intense study in the
Arthritis and Rheumatism Branch of ... Cited by 200 - Related articles - All 3 versions
KE Tymms, J Webb - The Journal of rheumatology, 1985 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Of 105 cases seen over 12 years with mean 4 years followup, there were 69 with polymyositis (PM) and
36 with dermatomyositis (DM). and in 43 this complicated another connective tissue disease (CTD).
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MC Hochberg, D Feldman, MB Stevens - Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism, 1986 - cat.inist.fr Adult onset polymyositis/dermatomyositis: an anylisis of clinical and laboratory features
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- ►annals.org PH Plotz, LG Rider, IN Targoff, N Raben, TP … - Annals of internal …, 1995 - Am Coll Physicians The myositis syndromes, the most common forms of which are polymyositis and dermatomyositis, are
defined by idiopathic chronic inflammation in skeletal muscle.Although initially described more than
a century ago, these diseases are ... Cited by 118 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
MC Dalakas - New England Journal of Medicine, 1991 - content.nejm.org Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine -- Polymyositis,
dermatomyositis and inclusion-body myositis.
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FW Miller - JAMA, 1993 - Am Med Assoc A 27-year-old stonemason, who was previously well, had acute onset of weakness, stiffness, and pain
in the proximal arm, leg, and back muscles. A week later low-grade evening fevers, diffuse swelling
of his extremities and face, and a ... Cited by 89 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
JT Kissel, JR Mendell, KW Rammohan - New England Journal of …, 1986 - content.nejm.org We examined the role of the complement system in the pathogenesis of dermatomyositis. Using an
antibody against the neoantigens of the terminal C5b-9 membrane attack complex, we performed
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AM Emslie-Smith, AG Engel - Annals of neurology, 1990 - interscience.wiley.com In adult dermatomyositis 10 muscle specimens with no or minimal histological alterations were
compared with 7 that showed typical alterations. Five specimens from patients with inclusion body
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M Reichlin, FC Arnett Jr - Arthritis Care & Research - interscience.wiley.com Serologic studies on 114 patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis revealed that 89% had either
a precipitating antibody to antigens in calf thymus extract or a positive immunofluorescent reaction
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