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inclusion body myositis CHORUS
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Description: common form of inflamatory myopathy
* most common in the elderly
* equal sex incidence
* sporadic idiopathic disease (very rarely familial)
* misdiagnosed as steroid-resistant polymyositis
symptoms
* presents as a painless slowly progressive proximal myopathy
* may cause dysphagia
* mild to moderate muscle wasting
Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: James Lowe, DM BM BS MRCPath
Institution: CHORUS
Primary Subject/Category:
- - OCOSH Classification: Investigations: Radiology - General: Radiology - Conditions
- - OCOSH Classification: Muscular Diseases: Myositis: Inclusion Body Myositis
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Added: Thu Jan 31 2002
Last Modified: Sat Jul 25 2009