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Lint: overlap-myositis

Acronyms
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"systemic sclerosis, with presence of overlap myositis associated with anti-PM/SCl, anti-Ku, anti-U3-RNP (anti-fibrillarin), anti-RuvBL1/2"

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"systemic sclerosis, with presence of overlap myositis associated with anti-PM/SCl, anti-Ku, anti-U3-RNP (anti-fibrillarin), anti-RuvBL1/2"

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"mixed connective tissue disease, with presence of overlap myositis associated with anti-U1-RNP"

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"Sjögren disease, with presence of overlap myositis associated with anti-Ro52 (anti-TRIM21), anti-PUF-60"

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Commas
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"Overlap myositis, also known as myositis overlap syndrome, is a loosely defined heterogeneous group of conditions characterised by myositis, that fulfils criteria for an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy, in association with extramuscular clinical features overlapping with a systemic connective tissue disease (e.g. systemic sclerosis, mixed connective tissue disease), often in the presence of specific antibodies."

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"extramuscular clinical features, e.g. arthritis, interstitial lung disease, Raynaud phenomenon, sclerodactyly, haematological dyscrasias, dysphagia, etc."

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Inline EG
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"The radiographic features are those generally of an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy and those of the specific other extramuscular clinical features (e.g. interstitial lung disease, Raynaud phenomenon)."

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