Clinical Correlations With Dermatomyositis-Specific Autoantibodies in Adult Japanese Patients With Dermatomyositis

Hamaguchi, Yasuhito; Kuwana, Masataka; Hoshino, Kana; Hasegawa, Minoru; Kaji, Kenzo; Matsushita, Takashi; Komura, Kazuhiro; Nakamura, Motonobu; Kodera, Masanari; Suga, Norihiro; Higashi, Akira; Ogusu, Koji; Tsutsui, Kiyohiro; Furusaki, Akira; Tanabe, Hiroshi; Sasaoka, Shunsuke; Muro, Yoshinao; Yoshikawa, Mika; Ishiguro, Naoko; Ayano, Masahiro; Muroi, Eiji; Fujikawa, Keita; Umeda, Yukihiro; Kawase, Masaaki; Mabuchi, Eriko; Asano, Yoshihide; Sodemoto, Kinuyo; Seishima, Mariko; Yamada, Hidehiro; Sato, Shinichi; Takehara, Kazuhiko; Fujimoto, Manabu

doi:10.1001/archdermatol.2011.52

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Clinical Correlations With Dermatomyositis-Specific Autoantibodies in Adult Japanese Patients With Dermatomyositis

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Yasuhito Hamaguchi

Masataka Kuwana

Kana Hoshino

Abstract

In patients with DM, anti-Mi-2, anti-155/140, and anti-CADM-140 were detected in 9 (2%), 25 (7%), and 43 (11%), respectively. These DM-specific Abs were mutually exclusive and were detected in none of 34 patients with polymyositis, 326 with systemic sclerosis, and 97 with systemic lupus erythematosu...

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Medicine

Dermatomyositis

Polymyositis

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