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Skeletal Muscle Involvement in Antisynthetase Syndrome.
JAMA neurology - 1 Aug 2017
Noguchi Eri, Uruha Akinori, Suzuki Shigeaki, Hamanaka Kohei, Ohnuki Yuko, Tsugawa Jun, Watanabe Yurika, Nakahara Jin, Shiina Takashi, Suzuki Norihiro, Nishino Ichizo
Abstract excerpt
Importance: Antisynthetase syndrome, characterized by myositis, interstitial lung disease, skin rash, arthropathy, and Raynaud phenomenon, is a clinical entity based on the presence of aminoacyl transfer RNA synthetase (ARS) antibodies in patients' serum. However, antisynthetase syndrome is not included in the histological subsets of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Objective: To elucidate the clinical...
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