2017
DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170031
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Muscle biopsies in dermatomyositis and polymyositis: practical relevance of analyzing different levels of histological sections of the same muscular compartment

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“…The diagnosis of both diseases is based on the clinical picture, laboratory tests, and muscle biopsy 8 . Magnetic resonance imaging and electroneuromyography can be used as complementary tests 9,10 .…”
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“…The diagnosis of both diseases is based on the clinical picture, laboratory tests, and muscle biopsy 8 . Magnetic resonance imaging and electroneuromyography can be used as complementary tests 9,10 .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Thus, analyzing the physical capacity of patients and the types and effects of recommended physical exercises is necessary 3,8,11 .…”
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“…The article presented by Diaz et al (2017) (11) is a well-written and comprehensive text on muscle pathology that will be of invaluable assistance to laboratories reporting inflammatory myopathy. It was demonstrated that in patients with inflammatory myopathies (dermatomyositis and polymyositis), the pathological muscle found in muscle biopsy was not homogeneous and serial sections at different levels raised the possibility of better characterization of pathological process.…”
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