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Human Vastus Lateralis Skeletal Muscle Biopsy Using the Weil-Blakesley Conchotome
Published on: March 4, 2016
[Spurious inclusion body myositis: repeat the muscle biopsy]
1Service de médecine interne I, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris cedex 13, France. patrick.cherin@psl.aphp.fr
Abstract:
Inclusion body myositis, although rare, is the commonest cause of myopathy in patients aged over 55 years. We report a 62-year-old man presenting a glycogen storage disease type 2 mimicking an inclusion body myositis.
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