Case Report
Nephrotic Syndrome as an Extramuscular Manifestation of Anti-EJ Antibody-Positive Dermatomyositis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Table 1
Laboratory values on second admission of a woman with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis who developed nephrotic syndrome in the setting of recurrence of anti-glycyl-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase antibody (anti-EJ)-positive dermatomyositis.
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CBC: complete blood count; WBC: white blood cell; RBC: red blood cell; PT-INR: prothrombin time-international normalized ratio; APTT: activated partial thromboplastin time; sec: seconds; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; γGTP: γglutamyl transpeptidase; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; CK; creatine kinase; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; KL-6: krebs von den lungen-6; SP: surfactant protein; HPF: high power field; IgG; immunoglobulin G; IgM; immunoglobulin M; IgA; immunoglobulin A; CH50; 50% hemolytic complement activity; C3: complement 3; C4: complement 4; ANA: antinuclear antibody; dsDNA: double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid; Ab: antibody; SSA: Sjögren’s syndrome-related antigen A; SSB: Sjögren’s syndrome type B; RNP: ribonucleoprotein; Sm: Smith; ARS: aminoacyl-transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) synthetase; EJ: glycyl-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase; LAC: lupus anticoagulant; β2GPI: β2-glycoprotein; PR3: proteinase 3; MPO: myeloperoxidase; ANCA: anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody. |