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Polymyositis
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Chronic muscular inflammation, primarily of the endomysium
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Polymyositis (PM) is a type of chronic inflammation of the muscles (inflammatory myopathy) related to dermatomyositis and inclusion body myositis. Its name is derived from poly- 'many' myos- 'muscle' and -itis 'inflammation'. The inflammation of polymyositis is mainly found in the endomysial layer of skeletal muscle, whereas dermatomyositis...

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idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
secondary glomerular disease
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