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Updates on the Immunopathology in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
To review recent advances in immunopathology for idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, focusing on widely available immunohistochemical analyses.
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Open AccessSystemic sclerosis-associated myositis features minimal inflammation and characteristic capillary pathology
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Rheumatoid leptomeningitis: rare complication of rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid leptomeningitis is a rare complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We describe a woman with rheumatoid leptomeningitis presenting with acute-onset behavioral changes and consciousness disturbance ...