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SUBMITTER: Shelton GD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6918910 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shelton G Diane GD Minor Katie M KM Li Kefeng K Naviaux Jane C JC Monk Jon J Wang Lin L Guzik Elizabeth E Guo Ling T LT Porcelli Vito V Gorgoglione Ruggiero R Lasorsa Francesco M FM Leegwater Peter J PJ Persico Antonio M AM Mickelson James R JR Palmieri Luigi L Naviaux Robert K RK
Journal of neuromuscular diseases 20190101 4
<h4>Background</h4>Inflammatory myopathies are characterized by infiltration of inflammatory cells into muscle. Typically, immune-mediated disorders such as polymyositis, dermatomyositis and inclusion body myositis are diagnosed.<h4>Objective</h4>A small family of dogs with early onset muscle weakness and inflammatory muscle biopsies were investigated for an underlying genetic cause.<h4>Methods</h4>Following the histopathological diagnosis of inflammatory myopathy, mutational analysis including ...[more]