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Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of dermatomyositis and polymyositis in adults

Author

Marc L Miller, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Tufts University School of Medicine

Section Editors

Ira N Targoff, MD

Section Editor — Muscle Disease

Professor of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Jeremy M Shefner, MD, PhD

Section Editor — Neuromuscular Disease

Professor and Chair of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute

Professor of Neurology, University of Arizona, Phoenix

Clinical Professor of Neurology, Creighton University

Jeffrey Callen, MD, FACP, FAAD

Editor-in-Chief — Dermatology

Section Editor — Skin and Systemic Disease

Professor of Medicine

University of Louisville School of Medicine

Deputy Editor

Monica Ramirez Curtis, MD, MPH

Deputy Editor — Rheumatology

Instructor of Medicine, Part-time

Harvard Medical School

Peer Reviewer

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