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Auto-Immune Info

American Autoimmune Related Diseases Ass'n (AARDA)
Muscular Dystrophy Association (DM page)
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The Pediatric Rheumatology Page
Understanding the Immune System
Understanding Autoimmune Diseases

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Coping with a Myositis Disease
Coping with a Myositis Disease

Compiled by James R. Kilpatrick

 Associated site: myositissupportgroup.org 

Coping With Prednisone
Coping With Prednisone (and other cortisone-related medicines):
It May Work Miracles, But How Do You Handle the Side Effects?

by Eugenia Zukerman and Julie R. Ingelfinger, M.D.
Now also available in paperback.
Raising a Child With a Neuromuscular Disorder
Raising a Child With a Neuromuscular Disorder:
A Guide for Parents, Grandparents, Friends, and Professionals

by Charlotte Thompson, M.D.

 Read my review of this book! 

Power Nutrition for Your Chronic Illness
Power Nutrition for Your Chronic Illness:
A Guide to Shopping, Cooking and Eating to Get the Nutrition Edge

by Kristine M. Napier

Living With Myositis

by Jenny Fenton [new]
You Are Not Your Illness
You Are Not Your Illness:
Seven Principles for Meeting the Challenge

by Linda Noble Topf, Hal Zina Bennett, and Bernie S. Siegel
Merck Manual: Home Edition
The Merck Manual of Medical Information: Home Edition

by Robert Berkow, Mark H. Beers, & Andrew J. Fletcher (Editors)

 Read the online version 

Gray's Anatomy
Gray's Anatomy

by Henry Gray

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