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Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM)
Definition - one of a group of muscle diseases
that involve inflammation of the muscles or associated tissues; apparently both
an inflammatory and a degenerative muscle disease
Cause - the cause is unclear
Onset - primarily among men after age 50 but can affect women
Symptoms - weakness of the muscles of the wrists and fingers and those
that lift the front of the foot; muscles of the front of the thigh
Progression - slowly progressive
Inheritance - some genetic forms without much inflammation; dominant or
recessive
