"Polymyositis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Diseases characterized by inflammation involving multiple muscles. This may occur as an acute or chronic condition associated with medication toxicity (DRUG TOXICITY); CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; infections; malignant NEOPLASMS; and other disorders. The term polymyositis is frequently used to refer to a specific clinical entity characterized by subacute or slowly progressing symmetrical weakness primarily affecting the proximal limb and trunk muscles. The illness may occur at any age, but is most frequent in the fourth to sixth decade of life. Weakness of pharyngeal and laryngeal muscles, interstitial lung disease, and inflammation of the myocardium may also occur. Muscle biopsy reveals widespread destruction of segments of muscle fibers and an inflammatory cellular response. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1404-9)
| Descriptor ID |
D017285
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.594.819 C10.668.491.562.575
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| Concept/Terms |
Polymyositis- Polymyositis
- Polymyositides
- Myositis, Multiple
- Multiple Myositis
- Myositides, Multiple
Polymyositis, Idiopathic- Polymyositis, Idiopathic
- Idiopathic Polymyositides
- Idiopathic Polymyositis
- Polymyositides, Idiopathic
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polymyositis" by people in Profiles.
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Rider LG, Koziol D, Giannini EH, Jain MS, Smith MR, Whitney-Mahoney K, Feldman BM, Wright SJ, Lindsley CB, Pachman LM, Villalba ML, Lovell DJ, Bowyer SL, Plotz PH, Miller FW, Hicks JE. Validation of manual muscle testing and a subset of eight muscles for adult and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010 Apr; 62(4):465-72.