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Absence of muscle atrophy in some rheumatic diseases: fundamental and applied aspects of paradoxical preservation of inflammatory muscles

de Carvalho J.F., Churilov L.P., de Araujo R.P.C.

Introduction. Although chronic inflammation is typically associated with tissue catabolism and wasting, most autoimmune rheumatic diseases, including polymyositis, dermatomyositis, lupus myositis, and overlap myopathies, as a rule paradoxically display preserv…