Anti-Signal Recognition Particle Myopathy in a Geriatric Patient

Anti-signal recognition particle (SRP) myopathy is a rare idiopathic inflammatory myositis that usually affects middle-age women, and is characterized by rapidly progressive proximal and symmetrical muscle weakness, elevated creatine kinase levels, severe necrotizing immune-mediated myopathy, presen...

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Main Authors: Diana Marques Ferreira, Patrícia Afonso Mendes, António Aragão, Manuel Teixeira Veríssimo, Armando Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2015-11-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
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Online Access:http://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/311