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Inclusion Body Myositis and Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenia
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Inclusion Body Myositis and Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenia

Jack E Riggs, Sydney S Schochet, Ludwig Gutmann, Carl F McComas and John S Rogers
Archives of neurology (Chicago), Vol.41(1), pp.93-95
01/01/1984
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1984.04050130099033
PMID: 6316880

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Abstract

• We report a case of inclusion body myositis and chronic immune thrombocytopenia with serum platelet antibodies and circulating immune complexes. Although immune mechanisms probably play an important role in the pathogenesis of inclusion body myositis, a viral etiology cannot be excluded.

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