Clinical Utility of an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detecting Anti-Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Gene 5 Autoantibodies.

Autoantibodies to melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) are specifically expressed in patients with dermatomyositis (DM) and are associated with a subset of DM patients with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD). Here, we examined the clinical utility of a newly develope...

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Main Authors: Shinji Sato, Akihiro Murakami, Akiko Kuwajima, Kazuhiko Takehara, Tsuneyo Mimori, Atsushi Kawakami, Michiaki Mishima, Takafumi Suda, Mariko Seishima, Manabu Fujimoto, Masataka Kuwana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4846082?pdf=render