Incidence and impact of interstitial lung disease and malignancy in patients with polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis: a retrospective cohort study

The aims of this study were to retrospectively review Japanese consecutive cases of polymyositis (PM), dermatomyositis (DM), and clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM), focusing on interstital lung disease (ILD) and malignancy, and to document any differences in the incidence, clinical feature...

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Main Authors: Ikeda, Satoshi, Arita, Machiko, Misaki, Kenta, Mishima, Shohei, Takaiwa, Takuya, Nishiyama, Akihiro, Ito, Akihiro, Furuta, Kenjiro, Yokoyama, Toshihide, Tokioka, Fumiaki, Noyama, Maki, Yoshioka, Hiroshige, Ishida, Tadashi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer International Publishing 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4474966/