Idiopathic myopathy: A rare condition involving inflammation of the skeletal muscles which become weak and wasted. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Idiopathic myopathy is available below.
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Prognosis for Idiopathic myopathy: greatly variable depending on severity, acute cases can result in death
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Idiopathic myopathy is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Idiopathic myopathy, or a subtype of Idiopathic myopathy,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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