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F Letournel1, C Le Clec'h, A Croué
1Département de Pathologie Cellulaire et Tissulaire, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers.
Abstract:
Dermatomyositis was diagnosed on clinical and muscle histological criteria in a 42-year-old woman. Despite treatment, the patient complained of deterioration of her muscle condition. Since her symptoms were discordant with the rest of the data, muscle biopsy was performed and disclosed rod-bearing non-atrophic fibers as the unique and predominant pathological feature. Their significance is examined in this paper.
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