title: Inflammatory bowel disease and myositis.
abstract: A patient with Crohn's disease developed proximal muscle weakness, increased serum creatine phosphokinase activity and electromyographic abnormalities. A muscle biopsy was non-diagnostic. Although rare, myositis should be included in the differential diagnosis of muscle weakness in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
authors.affiliation: B. Shine Department of Rheumatology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Braun-Moscovici
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schapira
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balbir-Gurman
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nahir
mesh_terms: D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D004576:Electromyography; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019804:Mesalamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D019804:Mesalamine; D003402:Creatine Kinase