we examined the proliferative responses of peripheral blood mononuclear cells ( pbmc ) to autologous and homologous muscle homogenates in 21 patients with early , active , untreated polymyositis/dermatomyositis ( pm/dm ) , 8 patients with chronic pm/dm , 10 patients with myopathies other than pm/dm , 7 patients with connective tissue diseases without myositis , and 12 healthy individuals .
C0026848
myopathies
C0027121
myositis