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myositis

NOUN
  1. inflammation of muscle tissue

How To Use myositis In A Sentence

  • The authors explained that it wasn't myasthenia gravis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, or polymyositis (muscle inflammation), and not carnitine deficiency (an amino acid needed for muscle contraction).
  • Among this latter group, there were four patients with rheumatoid arthritis, five with systemic sclerosis, three with systemic lupus erythematosus, five with dermatomyositis, and four with mixed connective tissue disease.
  • Topical corticosteroids decrease the itching by decreasing the inflammation in the skin caused by dermatomyositis.
  • Autoimmune disorders such as dermatomyositis, lupus or rheumatoid arthritis may produce characteristic rashes. We Blog A Lot
  • The rash eruptions are common with patients who have an inflammatory disease of the skin and muscles called dermatomyositis that is often associated with cancer. Lead Stories from AOL
  • Gottron's papules, violaceous papules overlying the dorsal interphalangeal or metacarpophalangeal areas, elbow or knee joints, occur in approximately 70 percent of patients with dermatomyositis.
  • The differential diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica includes malignancy, acute and chronic infections, thyroid disorders, depression, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and polymyositis.
  • Objective To assess the clinical effects of infliximab in experimental immune myositis(EIM).
  • I have autoimmune problems, and my sisters have dermatic myositis and endometriosis and chronic fatigue syndrome and my husband has a bad disk and a bad knee. The Fiddler in the Subway
  • He had been ailing for quite a while from a variety of illnesses, including congestive heart failure, but what finally took him from us was either polymyositis or dermatomyositis. My Father: December 1, 1932-January 27, 2009
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