Dermatomyositis with erosive arthropathy: association with the anti-PL-7 antibody.
We describe a patient with dermatomyositis and inflammatory polyarthritis with erosive wrist arthropathy who was found to have the anti-PL-7 autoantibody directed against threonyl-tRNA synthetase.
Wasko
M C
MC
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, USA.
Carlson
G W
GW
Tomaino
M M
MM
Oddis
C V
CV
D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology*; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000150:complications / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000276:immunology*
D001323:Autoantibodies; D011494:Protein Kinases; C081588:threonyl tRNA synthetase kinase