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Fatal myocarditis with acute polymyositis in a young adult

Arti Bhan, Suhail Baithun, P Kopelman, Michael Swash

Postgraduate Medical Journal · 1990 · 13 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

A 21 year old woman presented with acute polymyositis associated with fatal myocarditis. The significance of cardiac involvement in polymyositis is discussed in relation to this unusually fulminant case.

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