Open AccessAntisynthetase syndrome: An under-recognized cause of interstitial lung disease
Author(s) -
Venkata Nagarjuna Maturu,
Arjun Lakshman,
Amanjit Bal,
Vinay Dhir,
Aman Sharma,
Mandeep Garg,
Biman Saikia,
Ritesh Agarwal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.173055
Subject(s) - medicine , antisynthetase syndrome , myositis , interstitial lung disease , anti nuclear antibody , usual interstitial pneumonia , subclinical infection , connective tissue disease , pneumonia , lung , gastroenterology , pathology , disease , autoantibody , antibody , autoimmune disease , immunology
Antisynthetase syndrome (AS) is an uncommon and under-recognised connective tissue disease characterized by the presence of antibodies to anti-aminoacyl t-RNA synthetase along with features of interstitial lung disease (ILD), myositis and arthritis. The aim of the current study is to describe our experience with management of AS.