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Letter to the Editor

A unique case of polymyositis with anti-signal recognition particle antibody complicated by subacute interstitial lung disease and subluxing arthropathy, resembling anti-synthetase syndrome

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Pages 979-980 | Received 29 Aug 2015, Accepted 01 Dec 2015, Published online: 16 Feb 2016

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