KONTINUIRANA EDUKACIJA News in the diagnostics of Inflammatory Myopathies

Sanja Milenkovic
Sanja Milenkovic

Published: 01.12.2013.

Biochemistry

Volume 30, Issue 2 (2014)

pp. 1161-1167;

https://doi.org/10.5937/matmed1402161m

Abstract

The inflammatory myopathies are heterogeneous aquired diseases which are grouped together because of their imflammatory nature. In this group are included polymyositis, adult and juvenile dermatomyositis and inclusion body myositis. The aim of this review is to point out the basic principles od differential diagnosis of idiopathis aquired inflammatory myopathies. the general pathologists in the rutine practice are very often confronted with skin or muscle samples for many reasons, and so they have to be informed with these basic entities.

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