Myopathies
WHAT ARE MYOPATHIES? Myopathy is the medical term for muscle disease. A general term meaning inflammation of the muscles, myositis includes the following diseases: dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), inclusion body myositis, and juvenile myositis. WHO GETS MYOPATHIES? Inflammatory myopathies are rare diseases. Polymyositis and dermatomyositis occur in approximately one person in 100,000. All age
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