Risk factors for pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis or systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1186-1188

  Kadoya, Akifumi ^a   Okada, Jun ^a   Iikuni, Yayoi ^a   Kondo, Hirobumi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MIZORIBINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMYOSITIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029684228     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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