| 1. | Muscular dystrophy, polymyositis and scleroderma can paralyze the pharyngeal muscles.
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| 2. | IBM is often confused with ( misdiagnosed as ) polymyositis.
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| 3. | Polymyositis that does not respond to treatment is likely IBM.
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| 4. | Scleroderma, polymyositis, and dermatomyositis elicit little or no CRP response.
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| 5. | Wright died from polymyositis in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at age 70.
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| 6. | Polymyositis tends to respond well to treatment, at least initially; IBM does not.
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| 7. | Cardiac and pulmonary findings will be present in approximately 25 % of cases of patients with polymyositis.
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| 8. | The gene product is a frequent target of autoantibodies in the human autoimmune disease polymyositis / dermatomyositis.
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| 9. | It has been shown to be a target of autoantibodies in the human autoimmune diseases, polymyositis or dermatomyositis
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| 10. | The hallmark clinical features of polymyositis is proximal muscle weakness, with less important findings being muscle pain and dysphagia.
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