title: Dermatomyositis with erosive arthropathy: association with the anti-PL-7 antibody.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Wasko
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Tomaino
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Oddis
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D011494:Protein Kinases; C081588:threonyl tRNA synthetase kinase