Myositis
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What is myositis? Myositis means muscle inflammation, and can be caused by infection, injury, certain medicines, exercise, and chronic disease. Some of the chronic, or persistent, forms are idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, and those are the diseases we discuss here. "Idiopathic" means that the cause is unknown.
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This video explains myositis, meaning muscle inflammation. It covers causes including infection, injury, certain medicines, exercise and chronic disease, and focuses on idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, the persistent forms whose cause is unknown.
Key points
- Defines myositis as muscle inflammation
- Covers causes including infection, injury, medicines, exercise and chronic disease
- Explains idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
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This video presents “Myositis” — What is myositis? Myositis means muscle inflammation, and can be caused by infection, injury, certain medicines, exercise, and chronic disease. Some of the chronic, or persistent, forms are idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, and those. Whether you are preparing for a procedure, studying the technique, or learning how a condition is assessed, the recording shows the process as it is performed in practice.
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