A Childhood Inflammatory Myopathy with Cytochrome Oxidase Deficiency: Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?

• Main Authors: Gülden Diniz (Author), Önder Yavaşcan (Author), Ümit Başak Şarkış (Author), Zübeyde Yıldırım (Author), Caner Alparslan (Author), Can Öztürk (Author), Afig Berdeli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Galenos Publishing House, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Inflammatory myopathies are autoimmune disorders rarely seen in childhood. Normally high-dose corticosteroid is the current treatment for inflammatory myopathies. For a specific subgroup of patients with inflammatory myopathy with cytochrome oxidase (COX)-negative myofibers that do not typically res...