The Importance of Framing

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“…15 A critical step in arriving at the relevant differential diagnosis requires correctly framing the patient's case. 16 The treatment team's initial frame was "a 69-year-old woman with weakness and elevated CK," which prioritized causes of weakness and myositis. Stiff person syndrome does not cause weakness, but rather impaired movement from marked stiffness and spasms.…”

“…A critical step in arriving at the relevant differential diagnosis requires correctly framing the patient’s case 16 . The treatment team’s initial frame was “a 69‐year‐old woman with weakness and elevated CK,” which prioritized causes of weakness and myositis.…”