Coexistence of two antisynthetases in a patient with the antisynthetase syndrome

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 692-697

  Gelpí, Carmen ^a   Kanterewicz, Eduardo ^b   Gratacos, Jordi ^b   Targoff, Ira N ^c   Rodriguez Sanchez, José Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE VIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISONE; SYNTHETASE; SYNTHETASE ANTIBODY JO 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTISYNTHETASE SYNDROME; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME DEFECT; ENZYME ISOLATION; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ARTHRITIS; HUMANS; LIGASES; MALE; MYOSITIS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0029877155     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780390424     Document Type: Article

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