Corticosteroid Refractory Radiation Pneumonitis that Remarkably Responded to Cyclosporin A.
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Corticosteroid refractory radiation pneumonitis that remarkably responded to cyclosporin A.
Radiation therapy is commonly used for the treatment of lung cancer. However, radiation pneumonitis frequently occurs as a complication of the radiation therapy. Although corticosteroids are widely used for the treatment of radiation pneumonitis, they are not always effective. In this report, we used cyclosporin A in the treatment of a patient suffering from steroid-refractory radiation pneumon...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.41.730