"Myositis, Inclusion Body" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Progressive myopathies characterized by the presence of inclusion bodies on muscle biopsy. Sporadic and hereditary forms have been described. The sporadic form is an acquired, adult-onset inflammatory vacuolar myopathy affecting proximal and distal muscles. Familial forms usually begin in childhood and lack inflammatory changes. Both forms feature intracytoplasmic and intranuclear inclusions in muscle tissue. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1409-10)
| Descriptor ID |
D018979
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.594.600 C10.668.491.562.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Myositis, Inclusion Body- Myositis, Inclusion Body
- Inclusion Body Myositides
- Myositides, Inclusion Body
- Inclusion Body Myositis
Inclusion Body Myopathy, Sporadic- Inclusion Body Myopathy, Sporadic
- Myositis, Inclusion Body, Sporadic
- Myopathy, Inclusion Body, Sporadic
- Inclusion Body Myositis, Sporadic
- Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis
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