Successful Treatment of Anti-MDA5 Antibody-Positive Dermatomyositis-Associated Rapidly Progressive-Interstitial Lung Disease by Plasma Exchange: Two Case Reports.
Rina TakahashiTadashi YoshidaKohkichi MorimotoYasushi KondoJun KikuchiShuntaro SaitoSho IshigakiYuko KanekoTsutomu TakeuchiHiroshi ItohMototsugu OyaPublished in: Clinical medicine insights. Case reports (2021)
Although anti-MDA5 antibody-positive DM-associated RP-ILD has a high mortality rate, this report suggests the usefulness of plasma exchange to improve the prognosis.
Keyphrases
- interstitial lung disease
- systemic sclerosis
- rheumatoid arthritis
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- breast cancer cells
- multiple sclerosis
- case report
- cell cycle arrest
- cardiovascular events
- risk factors
- cardiovascular disease
- type diabetes
- cell death
- cell proliferation
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- metabolic syndrome
- signaling pathway
- insulin resistance