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Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis

What are the causes?

These diseases are thought to be due to inflammation of the muscle and small blood vessels which can show invasion of the tissues by lymphocytes (white blood cells). The reason for this is not known.

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Medical text written September 2006 by Dr Lucy Wedderburn, Reader and Consultant in Paediatric Rheumatology, Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.

 

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