National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Inclusion Body Myositis

Synonyms

Inclusion Body Myositis

Definitions

An acquired or hereditary chronic inflammatory disorder of the muscles characterized by the morphologic finding of vacuoles and filamentous inclusions in the muscle tissues.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C84786

ALT_DEFINITION

A rare form of progressive muscle disease that is notable for cytoplasmic granules and vacuoles in the muscle with little inflammation, and is usually refractory to treatment. Usually symptoms begin after the age of fifty.

code

C84786

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118468

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C192842

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C165258

Contributing_Source

Cellosaurus

NICHD

DEFINITION

An acquired or hereditary chronic inflammatory disorder of the muscles characterized by the morphologic finding of vacuoles and filamentous inclusions in the muscle tissues.

FULL_SYN

Inclusion Body Myositis

label

Inclusion Body Myositis

Preferred_Name

Inclusion Body Myositis

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C84786

Semantic_Type

Disease or Syndrome

UMLS_CUI

C0238190

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C27578

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