People with myositis develop inflammation in the muscles, resulting in weakness of the arms and legs. It can be difficult for scientists to study myositis, not only because the disease is rare, but also because people often have very different symptoms from each...
Category: Inflammatory myositis
Muscle amyloid scan provides a new way to distinguish between different types of muscle inflammation
Myositis is a rare disease affecting the muscles and connective tissues of the body. In people who suffer with myositis, the muscles become inflamed causing weakness of the arms and legs. There are several types of myositis and the treatment offered varies depending...
Immune-array analysis in sporadic inclusion body myositis
What was already known? Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a muscle disease that is part of a group of rare autoimmune diseases known as the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, or myositis. The other major subgroups of myositis are polymyositis, dermatomyositis and...
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