Inclusion Body Myositis
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Inclusion Body Myositis [OCOSH Code: D018979 72315009 M60.8 MD_MYOS_IBM]
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inclusion body myositis CHORUS
Location: http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/doc/02037.html
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
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