Methotrexate pneumonitis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-140

  Hsu, Pei Chen ^a   Lan, Joung Liang ^a,b,c   Hsieh, Tsu Yi ^a   Jan, Yee Jee ^a   Huang, Wen Nan ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Methotrexate pneumonitis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETANERCEPT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; SULINDAC;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FILTRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STEROID THERAPY; TAIWAN; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0038784609     PISSN: 02532662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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