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The Serum Ferritin Level Is Associated with the Treatment Responsivity for Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease with Amyopathic Dermatomyositis, Irrespective of the Anti-MDA5 Antibody Level

We report the case of a 61-year-old woman with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease caused by clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis. Both the serum ferritin and anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) antibody levels were elevated at the time of admission. Despite intensive t...

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Autores principales: Osawa, Takeshi, Morimoto, Kozo, Sasaki, Yuka, Matsuda, Shuichi, Yamana, Kazunari, Yano, Ryozo, Uchiyama, Takashi, Goto, Hajime
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5827321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093381
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8335-16