Paraneoplastic myosites
Date
2014-05-15
Authors
Baluta, Bogdan
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Publisher
Kharkiv National Medical University
Abstract
The Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM) – the group of inflammatory diseases of striated muscles, the main which clinical manifestations is muscular weakness. It includes polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM); juvenile DM; myositis, associating with diseases of connecting tissue; paraneoplastic (PNP) myositis – and other nosological forms. It is considered that the frequency of identification of malignant new growths at PM/DM is about 12 times higher, than in population. Ratio of men and women is 1:1.
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Keywords
myositis, paraneoplastic, epidemiology
Citation
Baluta B. Y. Paraneoplastic myosites / B. Y. Baluta // 7th International Scientific Interdisciplinary Conference (ISIC) for medical students and young scientists, Kharkiv, May 15–16, 2014 : abstract book / KhNMU. – Kharkiv, 2014. – P. 225−226.