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A perspective on sporadic inclusion-body myositis: the role of aging and inflammatory processes.
Neurology - 24 Jan 2006
Finch Caleb E
Abstract excerpt
Sporadic inclusion-body myositis (sIBM) is an age-related condition manifested after midlife. This review points out salient features of sIBM that are shared with normal aging in muscle and with inflammatory changes in vascular atheromas and senile plaques of Alzheimer disease (AD). The amyloid precursor protein (APP) and derived Abeta peptides are found in both AD and sIBM. Because transgenic expression of human...
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