The predictive prognostic factors for polymyositis/dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease.
Yumiko SugiyamaRyusuke YoshimiMaasa TamuraMitsuhiro TakenoYosuke KunishitaDaiga KishimotoYuji YoshiokaKouji KobayashiKaoru Takase-MinegishiToshiyuki WatanabeNaoki HamadaHideto NagaiNaomi TsuchidaYutaro SoejimaHiroto NakanoReikou KamiyamaTakeaki UeharaYohei KirinoAkiko SekiguchiAtsushi IhataShigeru OhnoShouhei NagaokaHideaki NakajimaPublished in: Arthritis research & therapy (2018)
The present study shows the progression of ILD at baseline is the most critical for survival and that infection, especially respiratory infection, is an additive prognostic factor under the potent immunosuppressive treatment.