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Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

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Rider, L.G., Miller, F.W. (2008). Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies. In: Klippel, J.H., Stone, J.H., Crofford, L.J., White, P.H. (eds) Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68566-3_47

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