| Provisional arrangements had been made for electromyography and muscle biopsy, in case she had polymyositis. |
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| The authors explained that it wasn't myasthenia gravis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, or polymyositis, and not carnitine deficiency. |
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| The three main disorders in this group are dermatomyositis, polymyositis, and inclusion body myositis. |
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| Electromyography is indicated in patients with motor unit disorders, such as polymyositis, myasthenia gravis or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. |
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| The characteristic muscular inflammation of dermatomyositis is similar to that seen in the related disorder polymyositis. |
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| Other diseases related to RA that may cause pulmonary fibrosis are systemic lupus erythematosus, polymyositis and dermatomyositis, Sjogren's syndrome, scleroderma and others. |
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| In addition to inflammatory infiltration and destruction of muscle, patients with dermatomyositis or polymyositis may have involvement of other organ systems. |
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| High-resolution CT findings of lung disease in patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis. |
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| As a cheerleader with beauty pageant ambitions, Thomas was embarrassed by this kooky-seeming activism – until she was stricken with polymyositis, a debilitating loss of muscle mass. |
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| The disorder dermatomyositis, which involves the skin as well as the muscles, shares many characteristics with polymyositis, but the two are believed to arise from different causes. |
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| In dermatomyositis cases, the symptoms of polymyositis affect the skin as well as the muscles, which manifests itself as a rash. |
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| The muscle cell damage that occurs in polymyositis is thought to result from an attack on muscle tissue by white blood cells called T lymphocytes, which normally are produced by the immune system to fight infection. |
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| Anti-U1 RNP antibodies may also occur in a small fraction of patients with Sjögren's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and polymyositis. |
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| The most common combination is with rheumatoid arthritis although it can present itself with other conditions such as lupus, scleroderma and polymyositis, to name a few. |
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| Marie, a former factory worker, was first diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis and polymyositis in 2006 after the miscarriage of her first child. |
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| Computer-assisted analysis of 153 patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis. |
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| In comparison, the CVD cases showed a wide range of myeloid proliferation with all subgroups except polymyositis including cases with myeloid hyperplasia. |
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| Means were all within the reference range and an outlier in the polymyositis group had neutropenia, while an outlier in the vasculitis group had mild neutrophilia. |
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| One thing that sticks in my mind is some type of polymyositis. |
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| Polymyositis with pulmonary infiltrate and pleural effusion. |
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