Facts About Inflammatory Myopathies (Myositis)

• dermatomyositis, a disease in which these cells attack the small blood ves-sels that supply muscles and skin; • inclusion-body myositis, a disease of older people that appears to be partly inflammatory and partly a degenerative muscle disease. People with polymyositis (PM) or derma-tomyositis (DM) have a somewhat elevat-ed risk of cancer ... ................
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