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Polymyositis is an inflammatory disease of the muscle which may present as a part of a systemic autoimmune disorder or as an isolated condition. It often responds well to immunosuppression and a proportion of patients will be enter into periods of prolonged remission.
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Zandi, M.S., Holton, J.L., Turner, C. (2017). A Treatable Systemic Muscle Disease. In: Manji, H., Turner, C., Evans, M. (eds) Neuromuscular Disease . Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2389-7_40
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