Consideration of Antisynthetase Syndrome Features in Classifying Patients as Having Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy: Comment on the Article by Lundberg et al

In conclusion, further attempts should be made toencompass the whole spectrum of conditions associated withIIMs. These efforts should take into account the potentialassociation with ILD, which generally represents the mainprognostic factor in these patients (13), as well as the possibleassociation with joint involvement, which is not a rare findingin this setting