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. 1978 Nov 4;2(6147):1256–1257. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1256

Benign postinfection polymyositis.

M S Schwartz, M Swash, M Gross
PMCID: PMC1608472  PMID: 709304

Abstract

Six patients developed persistent muscular cramps, aching pain, and fatigability after an influenza-like illness. Electromyography showed myopathic changes, although results of routine laboratory investigations were normal in all but one patient, whose serum creatine kinase concentration was slightly increased. All but one of the patients improved: three were asymptomatic within one to two years. The syndrome was probably a benign form of polymyositis.

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