Connective tissue disease (CTD) related interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD) is one of the
leading causes of morbidity and mortality of CTD. Clinically, CTD-ILD is highly heterogenous …

In patients with myositis, the lung is commonly involved, and the presence of anti-aminoacyl-
tRNA synthetase (anti-ARS) antibodies marks the presence or predicts the development of …

The clinical phenotype and evolution of antisynthetase syndrome (ASS) are heterogeneous.
This study was therefore undertaken to identify subgroups of ASS patients with similar …

Objective. To retrospectively evaluate the efficacy and safety of rituximab (Rtx) treatment in
patients with anti-synthetase syndrome (ASS) and severe interstitial lung disease (ILD) …

Antisynthetase syndrome (ASyS) is an autoimmune disease clinically manifested most often
by interstitial lung disease, myositis, and arthritis. Raynaud's syndrome, fever, and rashes …

Objective Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the most severe complication of idiopathic
inflammatory myositis (IIM), resulting in significant increase in morbidity and mortality and for …

Idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) is a group of rare connective tissue diseases (CTDs)
characterised by muscular and extramuscular signs, in which lung involvement is a …

Objective. To compare the clinical characteristics and identify the longterm outcomes of
Chinese patients with different antisynthetase antibodies. Methods. We investigated …

The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs)—DM and PM—have been historically defined
by broad clinical and pathological criteria. These conditions affect both adults and children …

Overlap Syndromes (OSs) have been defined as entities satisfying classification criteria of at
least two connective tissue diseases (CTDs) occurring at the same or at different times in the …