Elevated carcinoembryonic antigen predicts rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease in clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis.
Dingxian ZhuJian-Jun QiaoShunli TangYunlei PanSheng LiChangyi YangHong FangPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2021)
An elevated serum CEA level is common in patients with CADM, and a higher serum CEA level is a powerful indicator of RP-ILD and poor prognosis in those patients.
Keyphrases
- interstitial lung disease
- systemic sclerosis
- poor prognosis
- rheumatoid arthritis
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- long non coding rna
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- multiple sclerosis
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- disease activity
- systemic lupus erythematosus