Tacrolimus-induced lung injury in a rheumatoid arthritis patient with interstitial pneumonitis

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 208-211

  Miwa, Yusuke ^a   Isozaki, Takeo ^a   Wakabayashi, Kuninobu ^a   Odai, Tsuyoshi ^a   Matsunawa, Mizuho ^a   Yajima, Nobuyuki ^a   Negishi, Masao ^a   Ide, Hirotsugu ^a   Kasama, Tsuyoshi ^a   Adachi, Mitsuru ^a   Hisayuki, Tomoyuki ^a   Takemura, Tamiko ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interstitial pneumonitis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AURANOFIN; BUCILLAMINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETANERCEPT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLAMINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TACROLIMUS;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; JOINT SWELLING; LUNG INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 41849137892     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-008-0034-3     Document Type: Article

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