University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Diagnosis and Treatment of Dermatomyositis in Middle-Aged Adults . Dermatomyositis, one of only three known inflammatory myopathies, is a systemic disease that mainly affects the skin and muscles in afflicted individuals but can also affect other areas of the body such as joints, the esophagus, lungs and heart.1,2 Inflammatory myopathies are generally considered to be autoimmune diseases that ... ................
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