Antisynthetase Syndrome Disease Overview
Antisynthetase Syndrome is an autoimmune disease that is a subcategory of Myositis, which means muscle disease. There are many different areas that Antisynthetase Syndrome affects, however, a few common ones are the muscle weakness, difficulty breathing, and joint pain. In this episode, Dr. Christopher Mecoli, a physician in the Johns Hopkins Division of Rheumatology, digs into the complicated nature of Antisynthetase Syndrome.
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Dr. Mecoli has joined both the Myositis Center and Scleroderma Center with a focus on studying fundamental mechanisms of autoimmune disease with the goal of heralding precision medicine to rheumatic disease.