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Neurology 2002;58:482-484
© 2002 American Academy of Neurology
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Women with pregnancy-related polymyositis and high serum CK levels in the newborn

S. Messina, MD, G. Fagiolari, PhD, C. Lamperti, MD, G. Cavaletti, MD, A. Prelle, MD, G. Scarlato, MD, M. Bresolin, MD, M. Moggio, MD and M. Sciacco, MD PhD

From the Centro Dino Ferrari (Drs. Messina, Fagiolari, Lamperti, Prelle, Scarlato, Bresolin, Moggio, and Sciacco), Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Milan; Istituto Auxologico Italiano (Dr. Messina), Ospedale San Luca IRCCS, Milan; and Clinica Neurologica (Dr. Cavaletti), Università di Milano Bicocca, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. M. Sciacco, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Milan, Ospedale Maggiore–Policlinico IRCCS, Via F. Sforza 35, 20122, Milan, Italy; e-mail: maurizio.moggio{at}unimi.it

Two previously healthy women developed an inflammatory myopathy before the term of their first pregnancy. Skeletal muscle biopsy led to a diagnosis of T cell-mediated polymyositis. Both babies were healthy, but their serum creatine kinase levels remained elevated for a few months after birth. Their mothers did well after corticosteroid treatment.




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