1. Muscular dystrophy, polymyositis and scleroderma can paralyze the pharyngeal muscles. 2. IBM is often confused with ( misdiagnosed as ) polymyositis . 3. Polymyositis that does not respond to treatment is likely IBM.4. Scleroderma, polymyositis , and dermatomyositis elicit little or no CRP response. 5. Wright died from polymyositis in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at age 70. 6. Polymyositis tends to respond well to treatment, at least initially; IBM does not.7. Cardiac and pulmonary findings will be present in approximately 25 % of cases of patients with polymyositis . 8. The gene product is a frequent target of autoantibodies in the human autoimmune disease polymyositis / dermatomyositis. 9. It has been shown to be a target of autoantibodies in the human autoimmune diseases, polymyositis or dermatomyositis 10. The hallmark clinical features of polymyositis is proximal muscle weakness, with less important findings being muscle pain and dysphagia.
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