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Interstitial lung disease is a dominant feature in patients with circulating myositis-specific antibodies.

Abhinav K MisraNathan L WongTerrance T HealeyEdward V LallyBarry S Shea
Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2021)
In this study we found that individuals with circulating MSAs were more likely to have ILD than classic muscle or skin manifestations of PM/DM at the time of initial detection of MSAs. Our findings suggest that the presence of ILD should be considered a disease-defining manifestation in the presence of MSAs and incorporated into classification criteria for PM/DM.
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