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<b>Classification Criteria for <br>
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies</b>
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<b>Gottron’s sign.</b> Erythematous to violaceous macules over the dorsal aspects of the interphalangeal/ metacarpophalangeal joints, olecranon processes, patellae, and medial malleoli, which are not palpable.
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