Detection of myositis-specific antibodies

Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Jan;78(1):e7. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212915. Epub 2018 Jan 25.

Jean-Baptiste Vulsteke^#¹, Ellen De Langhe^#^{2

3}, Kristl G Claeys^{4

5

6}, Doreen Dillaerts⁷, Koen Poesen^{8

9}, Jan Lenaerts², René Westhovens^{2

3}, Philip Van Damme^{4

10}, Daniel Blockmans¹, Petra De Haes¹¹, Xavier Bossuyt^{7

9}

¹ Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
² Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Laboratory of Tissue Homeostasis and Disease, Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁵ Laboratory for Muscle Diseases and Neuropathies, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁶ Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
⁷ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Experimental Laboratory Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁸ Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiomarker Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁹ Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
¹⁰ Department of Neurosciences, Experimental Neurology, VIB Center for Brain & Disease Research, Laboratory of Neurobiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
¹¹ Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: autoantibodies; dermatomyositis; polymyositis.

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