Myositis specific and myositis associated autoantibodies in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: a serologic study of 46 patients

• Main Authors: R. Rondinone (Author), R. Bendo (Author), M. Tonello (Author), E. Tarricone (Author), L. Iaccarino (Author), S. Zampieri (Author), A. Ghirardello (Author), F. Cozzi (Author), A. Doria (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: PAGEPress Publications, 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To characterize serum autoantibody profiles of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) by searching for myositis-specific (MSA) and myositis-associated (MAA) antibodies with sensitive and specific laboratory tests. Methods. We tested the sera from 46 Caucasian patients diag...