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Painful myositis in the anti-synthetase syndrome with anti-PL12 antibodies

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  1. Department of Rheumatology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK

    Puja Mehta, Leena Patel & Alexander Brand

  2. Department of Histopathology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

    Federico Roncaroli

  3. Department of Rheumatology and Molecular Genetics, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

    Matthew C. Pickering

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Mehta, P., Patel, L., Roncaroli, F. et al. Painful myositis in the anti-synthetase syndrome with anti-PL12 antibodies. Rheumatol Int 32, 825–827 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-011-1811-4

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