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Immunohistochemical analysis of an additional case of focal myositis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Macchioni P, Boiardi L, Meliconi R, Salvarani C, Pulsatelli L, Mancini R, Prandi S, Facchini A, Portioli I
Abstract excerpt
We present an additional case of focal myositis which, after surgical excision of the muscular mass, did not evolve to generalized polymyositis. To our knowledge immunological evaluations of this disease have never before been carried out. Immunohistochemical analysis of the muscular mass showed the presence of activated endothelial cells, CD4 and macrophage cells in the perivascular and endomysial areas,...
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