Inclusion body myositis (IBM): clinical features

Evidence-based neurology checklist on inclusion body myositis (ibm): clinical features: Background IBM is a late-onset inflammatory myopathy It is typically acquired It may however be hereditary It has both inflammatory and degenerative components Demographic features Classical weakness pattern…

Background

  • IBM is a late-onset inflammatory myopathy
  • It is typically acquired
  • It may however be hereditary
  • It has both inflammatory and degenerative components 

Demographic features

Classical weakness pattern

Other weakness features

Other features

Associated disorders

References

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