| Successful treatment for conventional treatment-resistant dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease with adalimumab. | |
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PMID: 22090006 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Dermatomyositis (DM) is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by the inflammation of skeletal muscles and pathognomonic skin rashes, namely heliotrope rash and Gottron's papules and involvement of other organs. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) seems to be one of the most characteristic manifestations of the lung and associated with increased morbidity and mortality in patients with DM. Despite DM-associated ILD requires aggressive therapy with cytotoxic agents, the efficacy is questionable in some cases, and more effective and less toxic therapies are needed. Recently, although there have been several reports of successful treatment of refractory case of PM and DM with the TNF-α antagonists, including infliximab and etanercept, there was no enough evidence for DM-associated ILD. We described herein a patient with DM-associated ILD who had poor response to conventional therapies and successfully treated with adalimumab. |
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Jin-Kyoung Park; Han-Gyul Yoo; Dae-Seon Ahn; Hyun-Soon Jeon; Wan-Hee Yoo |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-11-17 |
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Title: Rheumatology international Volume: - ISSN: 1437-160X ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Nov |
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Created Date: 2011-11-17 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8206885 Medline TA: Rheumatol Int Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, San 2-20 Geumam-dong, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 561-180, South Korea. |
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