Details of Disease
General Information of Disease (ID: DIS9SJ80)
| Disease Name | Acquired idiopathic inflammatory myopathy | ||||
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| Synonyms | idiopathic inflammatory myopathy, familial; IIm; IMM; idiopathic inflammatory myopathies; idiopathic inflammatory myositis | ||||
| Definition |
An umbrella term for diseases which have chronic muscle inflammation and weakness of unknown etiology. The types of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy are further defined by either clinicopathologic criteria or by the presence of certain autoantibodies.
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