Total body irradiation not effective in inclusion body myositis
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 36 (9) , 1264
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.36.9.1264
Abstract
Four patients with inclusion body myositis were treated with 150 rad of total body irradiation given in 5 weeks. One patient responded subjectively and transiently, but no patient showed clear benefit. This treatment is not recommended for inclusion body myositis.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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