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Adult respiratory distress syndrome in polymyositis patients with the anti–jo-1 antibody

✍ Scribed by Kevin Clawson; Chester V. Oddis

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
483 KB
Volume
38
Category
Article
ISSN
0004-3591

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✦ Synopsis

We report 3 patients with polymyositis and the anti-Jo-1 antibody who developed fatal adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Other than the presence of the anti-Jo-1 antibody, there were no other consistent clinical features at the onset of disease that were predictive of ARDS development.

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