A case of anti-aminoacyl tRNA synthetase (ARS) antibody-positive polymyositis (PM)/dermatomyositis (DM)-associated interstitial pneumonia (IP) successfully controlled with bosentan therapy

A 72-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital and was diagnosed with interstitial pneumonia (IP) associated with amyopathic dermatomyositis (ADM). The patient experienced three acute IP exacerbations in the 7 years that followed, which were each treated and resolved with steroid pulse therapy. Th...

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Main Authors: Tomoyuki Naito, Yosuke Tanaka, MD, PhD, Mitsunori Hino, Akihiko Gemma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007117300473

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