A patient with antihistidyl-trna synthetase positive polymyositis presenting as acute respiratory distress syndrome

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 219-221

  Polosa, Riccardo ^a   Di Mauro, Cosimo ^a,b   Spampinato, Barbaro ^a   Castelli, Luigi ^a   D'Amico, Giuseppe ^a   Edwards, Cristopher J ^a   Russo, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Anti Jo 1 antibody; Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; AZITHROMYCIN; HEPARIN; INSULIN; JO 1 ANTIBODY; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; HISTIDINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AMBIENT AIR; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSLIPIDEMIA; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG LAVAGE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; URINALYSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AZATHIOPRINE; FEMALE; HISTIDINE-TRNA LIGASE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYOSITIS; PREDNISONE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 62849105310     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e31817de0d4     Document Type: Article

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