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Fifteen patients (10 familial and 5 sporadic cases) with facioscapulohumeral dystrophy were studied with regard to the presence of inflammatory changes. Mononuclear infiltrations were not characteristic of any stage of the disease, but they may be present in differring degrees during the whole course of the process. However, their lack or presence was uniform in the affected families, suggesting that the appearance of infiltrations may be genetically determined. Parallel with the presence of cell infiltrations, the serum creatine kinase (CK) activity was moderately increased and the progress of the disease was slightly accelerated. The relation of these phenomena to polymyositis and the diagnostic difficulties are discussed.
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Molnár, M., Diószeghy, P. & Mechler, F. Inflammatory changes in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Nuerosci 241, 105–108 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02191151
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02191151