Anti-MDA5 antibody in the diagnosis of unexplained oral ulcers and eruptions

Pediatr Int. 2023 Jan-Dec;65(1):e15539. doi: 10.1111/ped.15539.

Authors

Kayo Tanaka¹, Motoko Yasutomi¹, Takuya Kosaka¹, Yasuhiro Watanabe², Minoru Hasegawa³, Naohiro Itoh¹, Yusei Ohshima¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.
² Department of Pediatrics, Fukui Red Cross Hospital, Fukui, Japan.
³ Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.

PMID: 36965008
DOI: 10.1111/ped.15539

No abstract available

Keywords: antinuclear antibodies; capsulitis; juvenile dermatomyositis; melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5; oral ulcer.

MeSH terms

Autoantibodies
Dermatomyositis* / diagnosis
Exanthema*
Humans
Interferon-Induced Helicase, IFIH1
Oral Ulcer* / diagnosis
Oral Ulcer* / etiology
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies

Substances

Autoantibodies
Interferon-Induced Helicase, IFIH1