Cyclosporine treatment for interstitial pneumonitis associated with dermatomyositis/polymyositis.
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چکیده
Weread with interest the case report by Shinohara et al (1) and the editorial by Takizawa and Ito (2). Shinohara et al described a case of rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease associated with dermatomyositis (DM) who was successfully treated with cyclophosphamide pulse therapy. The case report and the editorial by Takizawa et al commenton the use of cyclosporine for this intractable interstitial lung disease. We would like to point out that we published an article concerning the use of cyclosporine for interstitial pneumonitis
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Internal medicine
دوره 37 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998