Anti-synthetase syndrome (ASSD) is an autoimmune disease characterized by the presence
of autoantibodies targeting one of several aminoacyl t-RNA synthetases (aaRSs) along with …

Paraneoplastic syndromes are signs or symptoms that occur as a result of organ or tissue
damage at locations remote from the site of the primary tumor or metastases. Paraneoplastic …

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a heterogenous family of diseases that can
affect the muscles, skin, lungs, and joints. There have been prior attempts to classify IIMs …

Objective Anti‐p155 autoantibody, which was recently described in adult patients with
dermatomyositis (DM), seems to be associated with cancer in this population. We performed …

OBJECTIVES: Although simultaneous occurrences of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and
cancer are occasionally observed, it remains largely unknown whether cancer and AIP …

Objectives. Various autoantibodies are detected in the sera of PM/DM patients. Some of
them are specific to PM/DM patients and closely associated with clinical manifestations of …

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies can be classified as polymyositis, dermatomyositis,
immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy, sporadic inclusion body myositis or non-specific …

For patients that present with musculoskeletal symptoms, diagnostic procedures carried out
by physicians and rheumatologists are primarily aimed at confirming or excluding the …

Dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) are autoimmune myopathies characterized
clinically by proximal muscle weakness, muscle inflammation, extramuscular manifestations …

The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune
diseases (collectively known as myositis) affecting the skeletal muscles as well as other …