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Table 2 Diseases related to mechanic’s hands

From: Mechanic’s hands revisited: is this sign still useful for diagnosis in patients with lung involvement of collagen vascular diseases?

Disease

n (%)

DM/amyopathic DM

24 (54.5)

Anti-ARS syndrome

17 (38.6)

SDM

2 (4.5)

RA

1 (2.3)

  1. ARS: aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetase, DM: dermatomyositis, SDM: sclerodermatomyositis, PM: polymyositis, RA: rheumatoid arthritis.
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