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Inclusion body myositis with human immunodeficiency virus infection: four cases with clonal expansion of viral-specific T cells.
Annals of neurology - 1 May 2007
Dalakas Marinos C, Rakocevic Goran, Shatunov Alexey, Goldfarb Lev, Raju Raghavan, Salajegheh Mohammad
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM), a common adult-onset myositis, is characterized by an antigen-driven inflammatory response and vacuolar degeneration. The cause is unknown. We report the association of sIBM with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and explore the clonality and viral specificity of the autoinvasive T cells. METHODS: Clinicopathological studies in four HIV-infected...
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