Myopathic (myo = muscle, pathy = disease) conditions can include polymyositis, dermatomyositis, inclusion body myositis, and various myopathies due to metabolic, congenital, and endocrine causes.

a myosin-binding protein that regulates the structure and function of muscle filaments. “C-protein-induced myositis [CIM] is much more like human polymyositis in pathology than previous models ...

There are different types of Myositis — Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis are the most common ones. Polymyositis causes muscle weakness which is closest to the trunk of the body, whereas ...