Immunosuppressive treatment for mixed connective tissue disease may facilitate the development of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in a HTLV-I carrier

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 297-301

  Fujiwara, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Daisuke ^b   Kukita, Toshimasa ^b   Hamada, Heiichiro ^a   Ozaki, Atsuo ^a   Matsushita, Kakushi ^a   Matsumoto, Tadashi ^b   Tei, Chuwa ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Jiaikai Imamura Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult T cell leukemia lymphoma (ATLL); Cytotoxic T cell (CTL); Human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV I); Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS CARRIER;

AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; PREDNISOLONE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; THYMIDINE KINASE;

EID: 33645696092     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1490     Document Type: Article

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