Interstitial lung disease associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis: Review of 18 cases

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1406-1411

  Ideura, Gen ^a   Hanaoka, Masayuki ^a   Koizumi, Tomonobu ^a   Fujimoto, Keisaku ^a   Shimojima, Yasuhiro ^a   Ishii, Wataru ^a   Matsuda, Masayuki ^a   Ikeda, Shuichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyopathic dermatomyositis (ADM); Cyclosporine A (CsA); High resolution computed tomography (HRCT); Interstitial lung disease (ILD); Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHIECTASIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CREATINE KINASE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249746926     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.01.023     Document Type: Article

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