Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy: A Rare Subset of Inflammatory Myopathy
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Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy: A Rare Variant of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are an unusual group of myopathies with annual incidence of 1 in 100 000 people in the United States. Necrotizing autoimmune myopathy comprises only 16% of this group. It usually presents with severe proximal weakness, lower extremity weakness, and severe fatigue while very rarely does it present with dysphagia and respiratory muscle weakness. Statin use, canc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Imaging and Case Reports
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2578-2045
DOI: 10.17756/micr.2021-060