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Descriptor English:   Myositis 
Descriptor Spanish:   Miositis 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Miosite 
Synonyms English:   Inflammatory Myopathy
Myositis, Focal
Myositis, Infectious  
Tree Number:   C05.651.594
C10.668.491.562
Definition English:   Inflammation of skeletal muscle (MUSCLE, SKELETAL). Infectious, autoimmune, and paraneoplastic processes represent some of the more common conditions that may be associated with myositis. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed., pp 1402-13) 
Indexing Annotation English:   DERMATOMYOSITIS; POLYMYOSITIS; and PYOMYOSITIS are also available
History Note English:   MYOSITIS, EOSINOPHILIC was heading 1970-80 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
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chemically induced classification
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diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
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metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
therapy urine
ultrasonography veterinary
virology  
Record Number:   9411 
Unique Identifier:   D009220 

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