Polymyositis, invasion of non-necrotic muscle fibres, and the art of repetition
- 16 December 2004
- Vol. 329 (7480), 1464-1467
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.329.7480.1464
Abstract
The presence of cellular inflammatory infiltrates with invasion of non-necrotic muscle fibres has become a prerequisite for the diagnosis of polymyositis, but a structured literature search shows that the research evidence is insufficiently strong for this histological feature to be used as a diagnostic criterionKeywords
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