Abstracts tagged "polymyositis and Sjogren’s syndrome"

Abstract Number: 1274 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
New Aspects of Clinical and Immunological Characteristics in Patients with Anti-KS Antibody
Sho Sasaki¹, Akira Ishii ², Mai Sugiyama ², Yuto Izumi ², Yoko Nakagome ², Kazuki Hirano ³, Takayoshi Kurabayashi ¹, Shinichi Nogi ⁴, Noriko Sasaki ², Chiho Yamada ² and Shinji Sato ⁵, ¹Tokai Universitiy School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan, ²Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan, ³Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, ⁴National Hospital Organization Sagamihara Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Anti-KS antibody, an anti-aminoacyl tRNA synthetase (ARS) antibody, is found mainly in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) accompanied by polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM). Although anti-KS…