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Multidimensional improvement in connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease: Two courses of pulse dose methylprednisolone followed by low-dose prednisone and tacrolimus.

Yasuhiko YamanoHiroyuki TaniguchiYasuhiro KondohMasahiko AndoKensuke KataokaTaiki FurukawaTakeshi JohkohJunya FukuokaKoji SakamotoYoshinori Hasegawa
Published in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2018)
In our cohort of CTD-ILD, two courses of pulse dose methylprednisolone therapy followed by prednisone and oral tacrolimus appeared to be well tolerated, and to have multidimensional efficacy.
Keyphrases
  • interstitial lung disease
  • systemic sclerosis
  • high dose
  • low dose
  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  • blood pressure
  • psychometric properties
  • bone marrow
  • cell therapy