Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia/fibrosis completely recovered by adding cyclophosphamide to corticosteroids

Internal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 867-870

  Nanki, Nobuki ^a,b,c,d   Fujita, Jiro ^a,b,c,d   Yamaji, Yasufumi ^a,b,c,d   Maeda, Hiroya ^a,b,c,d   Kurose, Taichi ^a,b,c,d   Kaji, Mitsumasa ^a,b,c,d   Satoh, Katashi ^a,b,c,d   Miyatani, Katsuya ^a,b,c,d   Yamadori, Ichiro ^a,b,c,d   Ohtsuki, Yuji ^a,b,c,d   Ishida, Toshihiko ^a,b,c,d  

^a Japan   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION OKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chest computed tomography; Completely remission; Lung biopsy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MINOCYCLINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0036808071     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.41.867     Document Type: Article

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