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Capillary basement membrane reduplication in myositis patients with mild clinical features of systemic sclerosis supports the concept of ‘scleromyositis’

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  1. Division of Pathology, CHU Sainte-Justine; Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Benjamin Ellezam

  2. Division of Rheumatology, Jewish General Hospital; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Valérie Leclair & Marie Hudson

  3. Division of Rheumatology, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur; Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Yves Troyanov

  4. Service de Physiologie- Explorations Fonctionnelles Musculaires; Service de Rhumatologie Et Centre de Référence des Maladies Autoimmunes Rares, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

    Alain Meyer

  5. Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM); CHUM Research Center; Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Océane Landon-Cardinal

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Ellezam, B., Leclair, V., Troyanov, Y. et al. Capillary basement membrane reduplication in myositis patients with mild clinical features of systemic sclerosis supports the concept of ‘scleromyositis’. Acta Neuropathol 142, 395–397 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-021-02335-x

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