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Chao Huang1, Xuelian Dai1, Jiacheng Liu2

  • 1Department of Neurology, Luoyang Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Luoyang Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) Clinical Medical Research Center, Regional Medical Center for Neurological Diseases of Henan Province, Luoyang, China.

Frontiers in immunology
|September 24, 2024
PubMed
概括

本病例报告详细介绍了一例罕见的同时发生的肌痛性肌痛症 (MG) 和异常性炎症性肌痛症 (IIM) 的病例,该病例发生在患有胸腺癌的患者身上. 诊断涉及广泛的测试,突出重叠的自身免疫神经肌肉疾病的复杂性.

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