Characteristics of antisynthetase syndrome patients with hyperferritinaemia.

The article focuses on a study which compares antisynthetase syndrome (ASS) cases with hyperferritinaemia to those without hyperferritinaemia to reveal their characteristics. Topics discussed include the presence anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (ARS) antibodies in some patients with inflammatory myopathy or myositis, the definition of hyperferritinaemia, and the association of hyperferritinaemia in ASS with evident myositis, systemic inflammation, anti-EJ antiboides, and malignancy.