Methotrexate-induced lung injury in patients with rheumatoid arthritis occurs with peripheral blood lymphocyte count decrease [1]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1113-1114

  Inokuma, S ^a   Kono, H ^a   Kohno, Y ^b   Hiramatsu, K ^a   Ito, K ^a   Shiratori, K ^a   Yamazaki, J ^a   Nakayama, H ^a   Shoda, H ^a   Tanaka, Y ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33746494428     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.045211     Document Type: Letter

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