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Clinical significance of myositis-specific autoantibodies
3 Jul 2018
Abstract excerpt
To date, increasing numbers of myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSAs) have been reported and their clinical significance has been elucidated. Anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (ARS) and anti-melanoma-differentiation associated gene 5 (MDA5) are strongly associated with interstitial lung disease (ILD); however, the clinical course of ILD is different depending on which autoantibody is present. Anti-ARS is associated...
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