Medicina clinica
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January 2023
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Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are systemic, heterogeneous diseases, which mainly affect skeletal muscle. Myositis with cancer is often referred to as cancer-associated myositis (CAM), which is associated with poor prognosis. This study aimed to determine the cancer associated myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSAs) and to elucidate their associations with clinical features in Chinese patients with IIMs. ⋯ Anti-TIF1-γ antibody and anti-SAE antibody were cancer-associated autoantibodies. Anti-TIF1-γ antibody positive CAM was a subset that comprised about half of CAM entities and had the characteristic of poor prognosis.
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Comment Letter
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura and COVID-19 vaccination.