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Myositis

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Definition: Inflammation of a muscle or muscle tissue.  note many specific myositis terms are available   
Examples Dermatomyositis; Myositis, Inclusion Body; Myositis Ossificans; Orbital Myositis; Polymyositis; Pyomyositis 		Other names Myositis, Infectious; Myositis, Focal; Inflammatory Myopathy; Proliferative Myositis; Proliferative Myositides; Myositides, Proliferative; Myositides, Infectious; Myositides, Focal; Myositides; Myopathy, Idiopathic Inflammatory; Myopathies, Inflammatory; Muscle Disease, Inflammatory; Inflammatory Myopathy, Idiopathic; Inflammatory Myopathies; Inflammatory Muscle Disease; Infectious Myositides; Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy; Focal Myositis; Focal Myositides; Myositis, Proliferative
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Macrophagic myofasciitis  0   *Fasciitis *Myositis.
Antisynthetase syndrome  0   *Myositis.
Mi-2 antibodies  0   *Autoantibodies Dermatomyositis Myositis. Arthritis Rheum 1985;28(7):796

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