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Robert L. Ruff, MD, PhD; Diane Secrist, PhD

Arch Neurol. 1982;39(5):261-263.

Abstract
• Thirty-five cases of benign acute childhood myositis followed infections with influenza A or B. Two children had recurrent myositis associated with infections of different influenza types. None of the children had acute-phase antibody titers to the infecting type of influenza. These results are consistent with the proposal that benign acute childhood myositis can occur only with the initial infection of a viral type.

Author Affiliations
From the Divisions of Neurology (Dr Ruff) and Laboratory Medicine (Dr Secrist), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept 15, 1981.

Deceased.

Reprint requests to Division of Neurology, RG-20, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195 (Dr Ruff).

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