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An Observational Study on the Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease Secondary to Dermatomyositis and Antisynthetase Syndrome.
Int J Rheumatol
September 2024
Department of Rheumatology and Immunology The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Province 530021, China.
Article Synopsis
- - The study analyzed clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) who also had interstitial lung disease (ILD) and included 39 males and 111 females with a mean onset age of 50.4 years and a median disease duration of 3 months.
- - Among the patients, 97 had dermatomyositis (DM-ILD) and 53 had antisynthetase syndrome (ASS-ILD), with DM-ILD patients showing higher rates of anti-MDA5 antibodies and common symptoms such as skin ulcers and rapidly progressing ILD, while ASS-ILD patients showed higher rates of anti-Jo-1 antibodies and pericardial effusion.