When she was in her early 20s, she was diagnosed with polymyositis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sweet Smell of Success] Reference

I was diagnosed with FSHD facioscapulohumeral dystrophy and polymyositis six years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [A belated Merry Christmas! | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference

In a 1990 Pennsylvania study, cases of polymyositis, an autoimmune disease of the muscles, resulting in severe muscle weakness, more than tripled between 1973 and 1982.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Autoimmune Epidemic] Reference

He had been ailing for quite a while from a variety of illnesses, including congestive heart failure, but what finally took him from us was either polymyositis or dermatomyositis.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Father: December 1, 1932-January 27, 2009] Reference

During those two months in the hospital, I had all sorts of skin thickenings as well as itchy patches, which is what led one doctor to suspect polymyositis/scleroderma after I had a positive ANA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans] Reference

I was misdiagnosed with both MD and polymyositis and was prescribed prednisone for the latter gained about 80 lbs., raised my blood sugar/blood pressure, etc.; a smart rheumatologist, who was called upon to dole out some methotrexate, told the neurologist he was wrong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Do statinators dream of engineered mice? | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference

Serological tests for autoimmune disease, CK (polymyositis).    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Nothnagle thought he had polymyositis with symptoms including leg problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Iowa City Press-Citizen - Local News] Reference

The diseases usually present with mixed connective tissue disease are lupus, scleroderma and polymyositis Symptoms.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

The test is used to diagnose conditions such as muscular dystrophy, polymyositis, and other inflammatory diseases.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emaxhealth] Reference

Clinical features, laboratory results and muscle biopsy led us to the diagnosis of polymyositis, possibly related to her previous malignancy.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

At 14, she was diagnosed with polymyositis, a rare inflammatory disease that made her muscles so weak she wasn't able to walk for several years.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference

Fire Lt. Martin Fullam needed a lung transplant after doctors diagnosed him with polymyositis, an autoimmune disease that led to pulmonary fibrosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference

Silicone migration into lymph nodes and other organs debilitating autoimmne disease such as fibromyalgia,dermatomyositis, polymyositis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, mixed connective-tissue disease, pulmonary fibrosis, eosinophilic fasciitis, and polymyalgia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Nalini Chilkov: 25 Reasons Not To Get Breast Implants] Reference

Rates of numerous other autoimmune diseases—scleroderma, Crohn’s disease, autoimmune Addison’s disease, and polymyositis—show the same alarming pattern.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Autoimmune Epidemic] Reference

"After 6 months of medical detective work, Mike was diagnosed with" pulmonary fibrosis, caused by dermatomyositis and polymyositis-words I could neither pronounce nor understand. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [California Chronicle] Reference

It has taken years off my life, "said Fullam, a lieutenant who was diagnosed with polymyositis and pulmonary fibrosis and needed a lung transplant after putting in long hours at ground zero.    From Wordnik.com.  [Durangoherald.com] Reference

Canine polymyositis prednisone side-effects.    From Wordnik.com.  [personal « WordPress.com Tag Feed] Reference