Anti-Ku syndrome with elevated CK and anti-Ku syndrome with anti-dsDNA are two distinct entities with different outcomes.

Affiliation

Service de Rhumatologie, hôpitaux civils de Colmar, Colmar, France [Email]

Abstract

To refine the spectrum of anti-Ku-associated disease, a condition that is equivocally described by current diagnostic criteria for connective tissue diseases.

Keywords

Anti-Ku antibodies,Antisynthetase,Classification,Dermatomyositis,Inflammatory myopathies,Inflammatory myopathy,Inflammatory skeletal muscle,Interstitial lung disease,Mixed connective tissue disease,Myositis,Necrotizing myopathy,Polymyositis,Systemic lupus erythematosus,Systemic sclerosis,Undifferentiated connective tissue disease,autoantibodies,autoimmune diseases,autoimmunity,necrotizing myopathies,scleroderma,