Capillary basement membrane reduplication in myositis patients with mild clinical features of systemic sclerosis supports the concept of 'scleromyositis'.

Acta Neuropathol

Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM); CHUM Research Center; Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Published: August 2021


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