Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema in low-dose oral methotrexate therapy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 846-851

  Iikuni, Noriko ^a,b   Iwami, Sumiko ^a   Kasai, Shogo ^a   Tokuda, Hitoshi ^a  

^a Social Insurance Central General Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low dose methotrexate therapy; MTX induced lung injury; Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EDEMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; METHOTREXATE; PULMONARY EDEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 5044228020     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.846     Document Type: Article

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