Successful lung transplantation in a patient with dermatomyositis and acute form interstitial pneumonitis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 168-169

  Kim, J ^a   Kim, Y W ^a   Lee, S M ^a   Kim, Y S ^a   Kim, Y T ^a   Song, Yeong Wook ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BASILIXIMAB; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATINE KINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIZORIBINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; MYOGLOBIN; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 63049085157     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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