Seronegative polyarthritis revealing antisynthetase syndrome: a multicentre study of 40 patients

Guillaume Lefèvre1, Alain Meyer1, David Launay1

  • 1Service de Médecine Interne, Unité d'Immunologie Clinique, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Auto-Immunes et Systémiques Rares, Hôpital Claude Huriez, CHRU de Lille, Université Lille Nord de France, Laboratoire d'Immunologie, EA 2686, IMPRT IFR 114, CHRU de Lille, Faculté de Médecine H. Warembourg, Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, Service de Rhumatologie, Centre de Référence Maladies Systémiques Rares, CHU Hautepierre, Strasbourg, Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Service de Rhumatologie, CHU Fort-De-France, La Meynard, Fort-De-France, Service de Rhumatologie, CHU de Rouen, Hôpitaux de Rouen, Rouen, Service de Rhumatologie, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, Service de Médecine Interne, Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hématologie, CH Bretagne Atlantique, Vannes-Auray, Vannes, Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Foch, AP-HP, Suresnes, Service de Rhumatologie, CHU de Limoges, Limoges, Service de Rhumatologie, CHU de la Cavale-Blanche, Brest, Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital de la Conception, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, Service de Rhumatologie, CHRU Jean Minjoz, Besançon, Service de Médecine, Pôle A, Rhumatologie, CH de Nevers, Nevers, Rhumatologue, Château-Thierry, France, Service de Rhumatologie - Médecine Interne, CHU Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium, Service de Pneumologie et Immuno-Allergologie, Centre de Compétence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, Hôpital Calmette, CHRU de Lille, Université de Lille Nord de France, Lille, Service de Médecine Interne 1, DHU-I2B, Centre de Référence des Maladies Neuromusculaires Paris-Est, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Université Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Roger Salengro, CHU de Lille, Université Lille Nord de France and Service de Médecine Interne 2, Centre de Référence Lupus et SAPL, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP,

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