Anti-Ku Antibody-positive Systemic Sclerosis-polymyositis Overlap Syndrome in an Adolescent
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Systemic sclerosis-polymyositis overlap syndrome is rare in children. Anti-PM/Scl is the most common autoantibody associated with this syndrome. We present a case of systemic sclerosis-polymyositis overlap syndrome in a child with isolated anti-Ku antibodies, an uncommon antibody associated with this rare syndrome.
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