Polymyositis associated with severe interstitial lung disease: Remission after three doses of IV immunoglobulin

Chest

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 441-443

  Bakewell, Catherine J ^a   Raghu, Ganesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DYSPNEA; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEAKNESS;

EID: 79551585576     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-0360     Document Type: Article

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