Clinical assessment determines the diagnosis of inclusion body myositis independently of pathological features.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Historically, the diagnosis of sporadic inclusion body myositis (IBM) has required the demonstration of the presence of a number of histopathological findings on muscle biopsy--namely, rimmed vacuoles, an inflammatory infiltrate with invasion of non-necrotic muscle fibres...

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Main Authors: Brady, S, Squier, W, Hilton-Jones, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2013