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Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

A. Clinical Features

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa, OK, USA

    Robert L. Wortmann Jr. MD, FACP, FACR (Professor and C. S. Lewis, Jr., MD Chair of Medicine)

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  1. Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta, GA, USA

    John H. Klippel MD (President and CEO) & Patience H. White MD, MA (Chief Public Health Officer) (President and CEO) &  (Chief Public Health Officer)

  2. Massachusetts General Hospital, Deputy Editor for Rheumatology UpToDate, Boston, MA, USA

    John H. Stone MD, MPH (Associate Physician) (Associate Physician)

  3. Division of Rheumatology & Women’s Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

    Leslie J. Crofford MD (Gloria W. Singletary Professor of Internal Medicine, Chief) (Gloria W. Singletary Professor of Internal Medicine, Chief)

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Wortmann, R.L. (2008). Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies. In: Klippel, J.H., Stone, J.H., Crofford, L.J., White, P.H. (eds) Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68566-3_46

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